Gathered Leaves Author:Alec Soth Alec Soth's reputation as one of the leading lights of contemporary photographic practice is largely predicated on the books he has published. This unusual catalogue accompanies a touring exhibition which uses the four major bodies of work which Soth has published as books since 2004 as the structural basis for both a mid-career retrospective an... more »d an investigation of Soth's prescient understanding of the various and distinct applications of photography as a tool for storytelling across diverse media. The title of the exhibition comes from Walt Whitman's poem Song of Myself and references both the pages of his books gathered for consideration and the notion that his work is also a story about Soth himself. This catalogue is a special object, bringing together an essay by Aaron Schuman spread across 28 large format postcards, with mini facsimile versions of Soth's 4 books [3 of which are now out-of-print], all housed together in a luxurious printed and embossed clamshell box. Box: Embossed cardboard box with 4c printed paper cover and interior printed 1c. [228 mm x 223 mm] Postcards: 28 large format postcards printed one side with the images from the exhibition. With an essay by Aaron Schuman spread across the backs of the cards. One additional card printed with an introduction by Kate Bush, curator of the exhibition and Director of Media Space, London. Four mini facsimile books: Sleeping by the Mississippi [113 mm x 108 mm] Niagara [109 mm x 128 mm] Broken Manual [86 mm x 112 mm] Songbook [113 mm x 108 mm] Exhibitions: 5 October 2015 - 28 March 2016: Media Space, Science Museum, London, UK 22 April - 26 June 2016: National Media Museum, Bradford, UK 17 August - 30 October 2016: The Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki, Finland 17 February - 4 June 2017: FoMu - FotoMuseum, Antwerp, Belgium Alec Soth (b. 1969) is a photographer born and based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His photographs have been featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions.« less