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As October sneaks up on us I’ve been gathering nuts and preparing myself for the bitter cold. I’ve also been spending a lot of time reading stories and escaping reality. Yesterday our fellow LBM comrade Brad Zellar posted a story I feel needs to be shared.

Read Nothing At All Like A Bruce Springsteen Song here .

I hope you enjoy.

I’m leaving on a jet plane today for Moscow and Rome. In my luggage I’ll be carrying a fresh new LBM publication: Bunny Boy Goes To Rome. Following up on the last year’s Brighton Bunny Boy, this new publication features another thrilling adventure from Carmen Soth (drawings, photos & story), Gus Soth (Bunny Boy), Rachel Soth (bunny wrangling) and myself (director).

Check out the new zine here

Buy your copy here (order soon – Brighton Bunny Boy is already SOLD OUT)

Y’rs,

A year ago I wrote a post saying that the blog was quiet because we were busy working on a bunch of projects. Well, a year as passed and most of those projects came to fruition. But, alas, the blog has gone quiet again. So here’s a little update on what’s going on for the next month and a half.

• September 16: Lecture in Moscow
• September 22: I’ll be in Rome exhibiting a new project and book, La Belle Dame Sans Merci, as part of the FOTOGRAFIA – Festival Internazionale di Roma.
• September  29-October 2: LBM will be at the New York Art Book Fair launching 3 new books by Anouk Kruitof, Jason Polan, and the Soth Family. Stay tuned for details
• September  30: I’ll be in Syracuse for the opening of From Here To There: Alec Soth’s America at the Everson Museum of Art.
• October 2: I’ll be in Art Platform Los Angeles giving a lecture with Catherine Opie.
• October 19: I’ll be back in LA giving a talk at The Hammer with Kate and Laura Mulleavy (Rodarte) and Catherine Opie to talk about Rodarte’s new book.

England. New Brighton, From The Last Resort. 1983-1985 by Martin Parr 

Leon Shambroom, the 25-year-old son of Joan Rothfuss and Paul Shambroom, suffered a severe brain injury in a July 2010 house fire in South Minneapolis. Smoke inhalation and carbon monoxide poisoning have left Leon unable to walk or talk. He requires 24-hour care with daily tasks, and he will face other hurdles in the coming months. Things are likely to become complicated and very expensive owing to the typical bureaucratic hoops too often encountered by patients and their families in the aftermath of catastrophic medical events.

On July 14th, at the Weinstein Gallery in Minneapolis, we will be holding a silent auction for Leon. Over 50 renowned artists, both local and from around the world, have generously donated works to be sold in the silent auction. Please come to show your loving support to our friends in need, and enjoy a night of music, food and art.

Hosts: Alec Soth, Carrie Thompson, Brian Ulrich, Weinstein Gallery and The Minneapolis College of Art and Design.

With a musical performance by Channy from Roma di Luna

Thursday July 14, 2011
Reception: 6pm – 9pm
Auction 6pm – 8pm

Weinstein Gallery
908 West 46th Street
Minneapolis, MN 55419
612-822-1722

Sorry, there are no provisions for those who can’t attend to bid. There may be something on-line later for work not sold at the event, if so we’ll let you know.

Forgive the silence on the blog of late. It has been a tumultuous couple of months. First there was the relatively short but seemingly epic Postcards From America road trip. Here’s a picture from Uncle Jackson’s shotgun:

Following that I was in Rome for three weeks working on a commission for FOTOGRAFIA – International Festival of Rome in which I photographed, among other things, a snake:

While in Europe I stopped by Paris for some exciting Magnum meetings:

Now I’m finally home for at least a week. One of the most exciting things about coming home was seeing this new book in the mail:

I still have a few more trips to go this summer. But soon enough I hope to be back in the digital saddle. Till then…

I’m thrilled to announce that Broken Manual will be opening on Friday, June 10th, at Loock Gallery in Berlin (6-9pm). To accompany the exhibition, Loock Galerie will present Somewhere to Disappear, a film by Laure Flammarion and Arnaud Uyttenhove about the making of Broken Manual. The screening takes place in the Berlin cinema Arsenal on Friday, 10 June, at 5.30 pm.

Due to a respiratory illness (fricking whooping cough!) I regret that I’m unable to travel to Berlin for this extraordinary night. I’d give anything to be there.

Harper’s Books is pleased to present “Alec Soth’s Lonely Boy Magazine,” an exhibition of photographs from two interrelated projects: “The Loneliest Man in Missouri,” and “The Most Beautiful Woman in Georgia.” In conjunction with the exhibition, we are also excited to announce the release of Lonely Boy Mag No. A-2, published by Soth’s imprint Little Brown Mushroom, and featuring work from “The Most Beautiful Woman in Georgia.” In addition to Soth, the show will also contain work by Todd Hido, Peter Davidson and Chad States, all contributors to Lonely Boy Mag No. A-2.

More info here.