The filmmaker Isaac Gale joined me on my recent trip to North Dakota. I’m excited to present his excellent film, Sweet Crude Man Camp.
– Alec Soth
New Continental Picture Show
Las Vegas Birthday Slideshow (and book / sculpture)
I turned 40 last Wednesday. My wife took me to Las Vegas. I made a slideshow.
[vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/8537213 w=600&h=452]
To see this video a little bit larger, go to the LBM A/V page.
I also made a book and sculpture. See them here. (And buy them here).
I hope you enjoy my midlife crisis…
Book of the Year: ‘Riley & His Story’ by Monica Haller
Soon after posting my Top 10 list, I learned about Monica Haller’s book, ‘Riley and his story. Me and my outrage. You and us.’ Published in November by Onestar press/Fälth & Hässler, the book consists of hundreds of photographs by Riley Sharbonno, an army nurse who served at Abu Ghraib prison from 2004-2005. But it’s Monica Haller’s stunning methodology for organizing these images that makes this the book of the year.
→With only a thousand copies in print (and most of them in Europe), I’d recommend purchasing this pronto before it sells out.
Since Monica happens to live in Minnesota, I quickly contacted her. She graciously agreed to an impromptu interview in my bunker library.
[vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/8415834 w=600&h=452]
To see this video a little bit larger, go to the LBM A/V page.
For more information about Riley and His Story, go here.