You visit the SUPER POPULAR SINGLE-SELLER-AUCTION by 5Uhr30.com (Ecki Heuser, Cologne, Germany) - with INTERNATIONAL PHOTOBOOKS from my PRIVATE COLLECTION and from RECENT ACQUISITATIONS. EXTREM SCARCE OPPORTUNITY to purchase the TRUE FIRST PRINTING of this modern photobook classic - in LIKE NEW AND UNREAD CONDITION + SIGNED BY THE ARTIST. I GUARANTEE THE AUTHENTICITY OF THE SIGNATURE. A MUST-HAVE-BOOK for every ambitious photobook collection - by American photography superstar Alec Soth. TRUE FIRST ORIGINAL FIRST PRINTING from 2004 (!). NOT TO MIX with the later printings by Steidl (with other covers) and NOT TO MIX with the much later reprint by Mack (with same cover). EXCELLENT, SUPER FRESH CONDITION. COLLECTOR'S COPY. 5Uhr30.com guarantees detailed and accurate descriptions, 100% protection, 100% insurance and combined shipping worldwide. "I fell in love with the process of taking pictures, with wandering around finding things. To me it feels like a kind of performance. The picture is a document of that performance." - Alec Soth - "Alec Soth’s work is rooted in the American photographic tradition that Walker Evans famously termed 'documentary Style.' Concerned with the mythologies and oddities that proliferate America’s disconnected communities, Soth has an instinct for the relationship between narrative and metaphor. His clarity of voice has drawn many comparisons to literature, but he believes photography to be more fragmented; 'It’s more like poetry than writing a novel.' Aside from his many critically acclaimed personal projects, selected clients include The New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, W Magazine, Vogue, GQ, Wall Street Journal Magazine. Much of Soth’s work is tied to an interest in the photobook and in 2008, he started his own publishing company, Little Brown Mushroom. His major series have all become critically acclaimed monographs; the first Sleeping by the Mississippi, was published by Steidl in 2004, NIAGARA (Steidl, 2006), Broken Manual (Steidl, 2010), Songbook (MACK, 2015), I Know How Furiously Your Heart Is Beating (MACK, 2019). Soth has received fellowships from the Guggenheim, McKnight, Bush, and Jerome Foundations and was the recipient of the 2003 Santa Fe Prize for Photography. His photographs are represented in major public and private collections, including the Museum of Modern Art, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the National Gallery of Art. His work has been featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions, including the 2004 Whitney Biennial and career surveys by Jeu de Paume (2008), Walker Art Center (2010) and Media Space (2015). He became a nominee of Magnum Photos in 2004 and a full member in 2008." (from Magnum's website) Steidl, Göttingen, 2004. First edition, first printing. Hardback in yellow linen (as issued). 275 x 285 mm (10 3/4 x 11 in). 118 pages. 47 colour photographs. Photos: Alec Soth. Essays by Patricia Hampl and Anne Wilkes Tucker. Design by Steidl Design. Text in English. Condition: Inside and outside like new and unread. No previous owner marks, no foxing; very light stain at the right edge of the first title page (marginal, not dramatic, see picture), no other remarkable flaws or defects. Overall near mint, near perfect condition. Fantastic breath-through photobook by Alec Soth in the scarce first printing in wonderful fresh condition - signed by the artist. COLLECTOR'S COPY.