I Know How Furiously Your Heart Is Beating (Signed Edition)
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Reprinted April 2022
Publisher's description
"There are other words for Soth's strategy – poetry, for one, or punk. Nothing is harder than making it look easy." – David O'Neill
Taking its name from a line in Wallace Stevens’ short poem “The Gray Room,” Alec Soth’s latest book is a lyrical exploration of intimacy. While these large-format color photographs are made all over the world, they aren’t about any particular place or population. Whether made in Odessa or his hometown of Minneapolis, Soth’s new book is fundamentally about intimate encounters in private rooms.
“After the publication of my last book about social life in America, Songbook, and a retrospective of my four, large-scale American projects, Gathered Leaves, I went through a long period of rethinking my creative process. For over a year I stopped travelling and photographing people. I barely took any pictures at all.
When I returned to photography, I wanted to strip the medium down to its primary elements. Rather than trying to make some sort of epic narrative about America, I wanted to simply spend time looking at other people and, hopefully, briefly glimpse their interior life.
In order to try and access these lives, I made all of the photographs in interior spaces. While these rooms often exist in far-flung places, it’s only to emphasize that these pictures aren’t about any place in particular. Whether a picture is made in Odessa or Minneapolis, my goal was the same: to simply spend time in the presence of another beating heart.” - Alec Soth
Interview with Alec Soth by Tanya Yanigahara
Author / Photographer | Alec Soth |
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Dimensions | 30 x 33.5 cm |
Stock & Delivery Status | Ready for despatch within 7 days of order |
Signed Copy | Yes |
Binding | Hardcover |
No. of Pages | 84 |
Date Published | 1st edition, 2nd printing 2022 |
Edition | 1st with signed print |
ISBN 13 | 9781912339310 |
Publisher | Mack |
ISBN | 9781912339310 |
Binding Additional | Embossed linen hardback |