Slog (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
Gus's Pawn Shop from the series NIAGARA by Alec Soth Alec Soth is a particular sort of wandering American storyteller , a lyrical documentarian. When people talk about his photographs, they bring up names like Robert Frank, like Flannery O'Connor, like Mark Twain, even. Recently Soth was in Seattle, receiving an award from the Photographic Center Northwest and staying at the Sorrento Hotel on First...
http://artmarketblog.com/feed/ (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008
Art Auction for Barack Obama - artmarketblog.com A group of artists who wanted to provide some financial support for the Barack Obama presidential campaign have got together and organised an auction of donated artworks the proceeds of which will be donated to Obama campaign. According to the website for the auction (www.artforobama.net) “ART FOR OBAMA [...]
http://artforprofits.wordpress.com/ (Free subscription) | 09/18/2008
New Photo Editions from Blind Spot - artmarketblog.com The awesome people at Blind Spot are celebrating their 15th anniversary and to celebrate they are offering a selection of new limited edition prints from some of the biggest names in contemporary photography. Fantastic new works by Alec Soth, Lawrence Beck, James Welling, Larry Sultan, Richard Misrach [...]
Artdaily (Free subscription) | 09/07/2008
NEW YORK.- NEW YORK.- Christie's announced three important sales during its Photographs Week at Rockefeller Center this October. With viewings for all sales open to the public from October 9 -13, the three distinct sales will present collectors with the finest photographs from many of the 20th and 21st century's most important and influential artists. The combined total for all
Slog (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
Yesterday, Ed Schad, the author of the really great blog I Call It Oranges (and also curator at the private Broad Foundation in LA), wrote a post in response to my Currently Hanging post about an Alec Soth photograph that reminded me of my parents' failed marriage . After I described my personal connection to the image in the post, I backtracked. Schad calls me on my insecurity, explains why I didn't...
lost at e minor (Free subscription) | 08/25/2008
Right now, the 2008 Beijing Olympics are cleaning up the mess left behind from the millions of people that passed through their city. Their forty billion dollar sporting event has come to a close and fans from around the world will take away memories of an interesting city that opened up to the world like [...]
In the Agora (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008
As the Beijing Olympics are set to begin, let me recommend to you a four-part series published earlier this summer in the U.K.'s Telegraph newspaper on the futures of China and the United States. It's a whirlwind tour -- from...
Apartment Therapy (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Alec Soth's 'Fontainebleau, France' in the Artnet Color Photography Auction July Sales... Artnet 'Contemporary Color' Auction • Great deals on over 100 contemporary color photographs by well k
Lausanne (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
With the Beijing Olympics, China hopes to cement its position alongside the USA on the podium of global power. In the final part of their ...
Conscientious (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
"With a $3 trillion war bill and an economy that flounders as China's soars, could America's era of dominance on the world stage be coming to an end? Mick Brown and the photographer Alec Soth travelled across America and China to observe how the future of these two great nations is intertwined, and to find out whether, in the run-up to the Beijing Olympics and the US election, we are on the brink...
Afrigator (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
This lavishly illustrated survey presents the work of nearly 120 international artists at the forefront of the boom in photography, among them Elina Brotherus, Tacita Dean, Luc Delahaye, Alec Soth, Jens Ullrich and Michael Wesely. Each artist is introduced by an essay, followed by four pages of their superbly reproduced work. This is a valuable and forward-looking reference book for photographers,...
Conscientious (Free subscription) | 06/30/2008
I just found - via PDNPulse - that Peter van Agtmael , one of my Photographers of the Year 2007 has become a Magnum nominee (find the conversation I had with him here ). And Alec Soth is now a full member (find the conversation I had with him here ). Congratulations to both and to the other new nominee Olivia Arthur and full members Jonas Bendiksen and Antoine d'Agata !
Recent Posts at Lightstalkers (Free subscription) | 06/29/2008
New members: Jonas Bendiksen, Antoine D’Agata, Alec Soth New nominees: Olivia Arthur, Peter Van Agtmael
Daddy Types (Free subscription) | 06/27/2008
Alec Soth is a photographer of the studied mundane, a Minnesotan inspired by folks like Robert Frank or William Eggleston, whose images create a sense of overlooked place. When he and his wife went to Bogota, Colombia to pick...
1913 Intel (Free subscription) | 06/25/2008
With a $3 trillion war bill and an economy that flounders as China’s soars, could America’s era of dominance on the world stage be coming to an end? Mick Brown and the photographer Alec Soth travelled across America and China to observe how the future of these two great nations is intertwined, and to find [...]
