Comments on In/Visible Is Up: Alec Soth at the Sorrento Hotel

That pawn shop snap is pretty good, Graves. It reminds me of Hirst's medicine cabinets...a little Martin Parr...and the way the ring box floats on air is lovely and cool.

Mr. Chad's comment,

"...sentimentality is not the enemy, detachment is the enemy."

I agree. In sentimentality, there is life. In detachment, death. Or, might as well be.

I love Alec Soth. And not just because I used to live in the same Minneapolis neighborhood as him, or because one of his books I bought became amazingly valuable. Normally, I hate dreary outdoor photography, but his always manages to be amazingly captivating. I don't want to get carried away with praise, so I'll just pirate a bit of an Amazon review: "Alec Soth builds on the tradition established by William Eggleston, Stephen Shore and Joel Sternfeld. But Soth dramatically moves beyond these masters by presenting a more eccentric cast of characters, a stronger thematic melody and a more personal insight."

Oh, and Amazon tells me he was involved in the Norling archive book. Awesome.