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Alec Soth (b. 1969) is a photographer born and based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He has published over thirty books including Sleeping by the Mississippi (2004), NIAGARA (2006), Broken Manual (2010), Songbook (2015), I Know How Furiously Your Heart is Beating (2019), A Pound of Pictures (2022), and Advice for Young Artists (2024). Soth has had over fifty solo exhibitions including survey shows organized by Jeu de Paume in Paris (2008), the Walker Art Center in Minnesota (2010), Media Space in London (2015), and the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum (2024). Soth has been the recipient of numerous fellowships and awards, including the Guggenheim Fellowship (2013). In 2008, Soth created Little Brown Mushroom, a multi-media enterprise focused on visual storytelling. Soth is represented by Sean Kelly, Weinstein Hammons Gallery, Fraenkel Gallery, Loock Galerie, MiniTitle and Magnum Photos. - Short Bio
Alec Soth is a photographer in Minneapolis. He has published over 30 books and has had over 100 solo exhibitions including retrospectives at the Walker Art Center and the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum. -
- Les Champs Libres (Rennes, France), 2025
- UNNC Museum, University of Nottingham (Ningbo, China), 2025
- Fraenkel Gallery (San Francisco, CA), 2025
- Joslyn Art Museum (Omaha, NE), 2025
- Weinstein Hammons Gallery (Minneapolis, MN), 2025
- Sean Kelly Gallery (New York, NY), 2025
- Tokyo Photographic Art Museum (Tokyo, Japan), 2024
- Emma Kuntz Center (Würenlos, Switzerland), 2024
- Seeen (Tokyo, Japan), 2024
- Sean Kelly Gallery – ADAA The Art Show 2023 (New York, NY), 2023
- L’Appartement – Espace Images Vevey (Vevey, Switzerland) 2022
- Stiftung Reinbeckhallen (Berlin, Germany) 2022
- Museum of Modern Art, Hayama (Hayama, Japan) 2022
- Bayerische Versicherungskammer Kulturstiftung (Munich, Germany) 2022
- Contemporary Image Museum of Chengdu (Chengdu, China) 2022
- Fraenkel Gallery (San Francisco, CA) 2022
- Weinstein Hammons Gallery (Minneapolis, MN) 2022
- Sean Kelly Gallery (New York, NY) 2022
- Three Shadows Photography Art Centre (Beijing, China) 2021
- Helmond Museum (Helmond, Netherlands) 2021
- Three Shadows Photography Art Centre (Xiamen, China) 2021
- Nemeth Art Center (Park Rapids, MN) 2021
- Cortona On The Move (Cortona, Italy) 2021
- Guernsey Museum (Guernsey) 2021
- Kiehle Gallery (St. Cloud, MN) 2021
- OCAT Xi'an (Xi'an, China) 2021
- Arendt House (Luxembourg) 2020
- FOAM (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 2020
- Shanghai Xiang Cheng Center of Photography (Shanghai, China) 2020
- Kunst Haus Wien (Vienna, Austria) 2020
- Magnum Gallery (Paris, France) 2019
- Photo Israel (Tel-Aviv, Israel) 2019
- Minnesota Marine Art Museum (Winona, MN) 2019
- Loock Galerie (Berlin, Germany) 2019
- NRW Forum (Dusseldorf, Germany) 2019
- Fraenkel Gallery (San Fransisco, CA) 2019
- Sean Kelly Gallery (New York, NY) 2019
- Weinstein Hammons Gallery (Minneapolis, MN) 2019
- Pizzuti Collection (Columbus, OH) 2018
- FraenkelLab (San Francisco, CA) 2017
- Beetles + Huxley (London, England) 2017
- Loock Galerie (Berlin, Germany) 2017
- Haus der Photographie, Deichtorhallen Hamburg (Hamburg, Germany) 2017
- FotoMuseum (Antwerp, Belgium) 2017
- Douglas Hyde Gallery (Dublin, Ireland) 2016
- Scotiabank CONTACT (Toronto, Canada) 2016
- The Finnish Museum (Helsinki, Finland) 2016
- Arsenal Toronto (Toronto, Canada) 2016
- National Media Museum (Bradford, UK) 2016
- SCAD Museum of Art (Atlanta, Georgia) 2015
- Fotogalleriet (Oslo, Norway) 2015
- Denver Art Museum (Denver, Colorado) 2015
- Loock Galerie (Berlin, Germany) 2015
- Media Space (London, UK) 2015
- Weinstein Gallery (Minneapolis, MN) 2015
- Fraenkel Gallery (San Fransisco, CA) 2015
- Sean Kelly Gallery (New York, New York) 2015
- Madison Museum of Contemporary Art (Madison, WI) 2014
- Weinstein Gallery (Minneapolis, MN) 2014
- Sean Kelly Gallery (New York, NY) 2012
- Rome International Photography Festival (Rome, Italy) 2011
- Walker Art Center (Minneapolis, MN) 2010
- Triennale di Milano (Milan, Italy) 2010
- I M ART (Seoul, Korea) 2009
- Williams College Museum of Art (Williamstown, MA) 2009
- Gagosian Gallery (New York, NY) 2009
- Stephen Wirtz Gallery (San Francisco, CA) 2009
- Haunch of Venison (Zurich, Switzerland) 2008
- Fotomuseum Winterthur (Winterthur, Switzerland) 2008
- Stephen Daiter Gallery (Chicago, IL) 2008
- BBK (Bilbao, Spain) 2008
- Minneapolis Institute of Arts (Minneapolis, MN) 2008
- Jeu de Paume (Paris, France) 2008
- Weinstein Gallery (Minneapolis, MN) 2007
- Power House (Memphis, TN) 2007
- Host Gallery (London, UK) 2007
- California Museum of Photography, UC-Riverside (Riverside, CA) 2006
- Weinstein Gallery (Minneapolis, MN) 2006
- Wohnmaschine (Berlin, Germany) 2006
- Gagosian Gallery (New York, NY) 2006
- Des Moines Art Center (Des Moines, IA) 2006
- Minneapolis Institute of Arts (Minneapolis, MN) 2005
- Open Eye (Liverpool, UK) 2004
- Wohnmaschine (Berlin, Germany) 2004
- Weinstein Gallery (Minneapolis, MN) 2004
- Stephen Wirtz Gallery (San Francisco, CA) 2004
- Yossi Milo Gallery (New York, NY) 2004
- Museum of Contemporary Photography (Chicago, IL) 2003
- Weitman Gallery of Photography (Washington University, St. Louis, MO) 2003
- Jeu de Paume (Paris, France) 2026
- Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) 2026
- National Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C.) 2026
- The Renaissance Society (Chicago, Illinois) 2026
- FotoFocus Center (Cincinnati, Ohio) 2026
- Sheldon Museum of Art (Lincoln, Nebraska) 2026
- Contemporary Calgary (Calgary, Canada) 2026
- Minneapolis Institute of Art (Minneapolis, Minnesota) 2025
- Victoria and Albert Museum (London, England) 2024
- Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University (Milwaukee, WI) 2024
- North Carolina Museum of Art (Raleigh, NC) 2024
- Jut Art Museum (Taipei, Taiwan) 2024
- High Museum of Art (Atlanta, GA) 2023
- Bowdoin College Museum of Art (Brunswick, ME) 2023
- Weinstein Hammons Gallery (Minneapolis, MN) 2023
- Saatchi Gallery (London, England) 2023
- Stiftung Reinbeckhallen (Berlin, Germany) 2022
- Center for Maine Contemporary Art (Rockland, ME) 2022
- Musei San Domenico - Fondazione Cassa dei Risparmi di Forlì (Forlì, Italy) 2022
- Yancey Richardson Gallery (New York, NY) 2022
- Filter Space (Chicago, IL) 2022
- Sheldon Art Museum, University of Nebraska (Lincoln, NE) 2022
- Everson Museum of Art (Syracuse, NY) 2022
- Museum Villa Rot (Burgrieden, Germany) 2021
- High Museum of Art (Atlanta, GA) 2021
- Plac Solny (Warsaw, Poland) 2021
- Kommunale Galerie (Berlin, Germany) 2021
- Albertina Museum (Vienna, Austria) 2021
- Muceum (Marseille, France) 2021
- Monash Gallery of Art (Melbourne, Australia) 2021
- Willy-Brandt-Haus (Berlin, Germany) 2021
- Aspect Ratio Projects (Chicago, IL) 2020
- Photo Israel (Tel Aviv, Israel) 2020
- Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki (Auckland, New Zealand) 2020
- National Portrait Gallery (Washington, DC) 2020
- Fraenkel Galery (San Francisco, CA) 2020
- Minneapolis Institute of Art (Minneapolis, MN) 2020
- Walker Art Center (Minneapolis, MN) 2020
- Pier 24 (San Francisco, CA) 2019
- The National Gallery of Victoria (Melbourne, Australia) 2019
- The National Museum of Art of Romania (Bucharest, Romania) 2019
- Museum of Contemporary Photography (Chicago, IL) 2019
- Minneapolis Institute of Art (Minneapolis, MN) 2019
- Cranbrook Art Museum (Bloomfield Hills, MI) 2018
- National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (Seoul, South Korea) 2018
- Montclair Art Museum (Montclair, NJ) 2018
- J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, CA) 2018
- Barbican Centre (London, United Kingdom) 2018
- Hunter College (New York, NY) 2017
- Fotomuseum Winterthur (Winterthur, Switzerland) 2017
- Pier 24 (San Francisco, CA) April 2017
- The McNay (San Antonio, TX) 2016
- Fraenkel Gallery (San Fransisco, CA) 2016
- Dubai Photo Exhibition (Dubai, United Arab Emirates) 2016
- Pingyao International Photography Festival (Pingyao, China) 2015
- Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) 2015
- Plains Art Museum (Fargo, ND) 2014
- Fraenkel Gallery (San Francisco, CA) 2014
- Dorsky Gallery (Long Island City, NY) 2014
- NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale (Fort Lauderdale, FL) 2014
- Müchner Stadlmuseum (Munich, Germany) 2014
- The College of Wooster (Wooster, OH) 2014
- BredaPhoto International Photo Festival (Breda, The Netherlands) 2014
- Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (Detroit, MI) 2014
- DOK:14 (Fredrikstad, Norway) 2014
- Museum de Fundatie (Zwolle, The Netherlands) 2014
- Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art (Clinton, NY) 2014
- Marco Museum of Contemporary Art (Monterrey, Mexico) 2014
- Sprengel Museum (Hannover, Germany) 2014
- CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art (San Francisco, CA) 2011
- Photomonth in Krakow (Krakow, Poland) 2011
- Brighton Photo Biennial 2010 (Brighton, England) 2011
- The Soap Factory (Minneapolis, MN) 2010
- The Center for Photography at Woodstock (Woodstock, NY) 2009
- National Portrait Gallery (Washington, DC) 2008
- Museu Collecao Berardo (Lisbon, Spain) 2008
- Gagosian Gallery (New York, NY) 2007
- Jen Bekman (New York, NY) 2007
- Cinémathéque Francaise (Paris, France) 2007
- Yossi Milo Gallery (New York, NY) 2007
- Tate Liverpool (Liverpool, England) 2007
- Koldo Mitxelena (San Sebastian, Spain) 2007
- Palais des Beaux Arts (Brussels, Belgium) 2006
- Madison Museum of Contemporary Art (Madison, WI) 2006
- The Photographers’ Gallery (London, England) 2006
- Haus der Kunst (Munich, Germany) 2006
- Columbia University’s Miriam & Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery (New York, NY) 2006
- George Eastman House (Rochester, NY) 2006
- Timezone 8 Editions (Beijing, China) 2005
- T.H. InSide (Milan, Italy) 2005
- MassMoCA (North Adams, MA) 2005
- Gagosian Gallery (New York, NY) 2005
- Cohan and Leslie (New York, NY) 2005
- Wirtz Gallery (San Francisco, CA) 2005
- Jackson Fine Art (Atlanta, GA) 2005
- North Carolina Art Museum (Raleigh, NC) 2005
- Pace / MacGill (New York, NY) 2004
- Pavilhão Ciccillo Matarazzo (São Paulo, Brazil) 26th Bienal de São Paulo, 2004
- ArtChicago 2004 Artist Booth (Chicago, IL) 2004
- Whitney Musuem of American Art (New York, NY) Whitney Biennial, 2004
- Alice Austen Museum (Staten Island, NY) 2003
- Albright-Knox Gallery of Art, Buffalo, NY
- Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
- Carleton College, Northfield, MN
- Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
- Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA
- Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA
- General Mills Corporate Art Collection, Golden Valley, MN
- Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
- Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE
- LaSalle Bank, New York, NY
- LA County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
- Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI
- Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
- Margulies Collection at the Warehouse, Miami, FL
- Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, TN
- Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN
- Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
- Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL
- Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
- Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV
- North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, ND
- Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA
- Progressive Corporate Art Collection, Cleveland, OH
- Regis Corporate Art Collection, Minneapolis, MN
- Robbins Kaplan Miller Ciresi, Minneapolis, MN
- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
- Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Lincoln, NE
- Tweed Museum of Art, Duluth, MN
- Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
- Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
- The Royal Photographic Society Honorary Fellowship, 2021
- Knights Foundation Challenge, 2015
- Guggenheim Fellowship, 2013
- McKnight Photography Fellowship, 2013
- PhotoVision Award, 2008
- Bush Artist Fellowship, 2008
- Golden Light Book Award, 2006
- Deutsche Börse Photography Prize, 2006 (finalist)
- CEPA Artist Residency, 2005
- McKnight Photography Fellowship, 2004
- Santa Fe Prize for Photography, 2003
- Minnesota State Arts Board, 2001
- MCAD / Jerome Fellowship, 2001
- Jerome Travel and Study Grant, 2001
- McKnight Photography Fellowship, 1999
- A Room of Rooms. Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, 2024
- Advice for Young Artists. MACK, 2024.
- Gathered Leaves Annotated. MACK, 2022.
- A Pound of Pictures. MACK, 2022.
- The Parameters of Our Cage. Letters by C. Fausto Cabrera and Alec Soth. MACK, 2020.
- The Space Between Us. JZZP, 2020
- I Know How Furiously Your Heart Is Beating. MACK, 2019.
- Gathered Leaves. MACK, 2015.
- Songbook. MACK, 2015.
- Georgia. Little Brown Mushroom, 2014.
- Texas Triangle. Little Brown Mushroom, 2013.
- Three Valleys. Little Brown Mushroom, 2013.
- Colorado. Little Brown Mushroom, 2013.
- Michigan. Little Brown Mushroom, 2012.
- Looking for Love. Kominek Bücher, 2012.
- Upstate. Little Brown Mushroom, 2012.
- Ohio. Little Brown Mushroom, 2012.
- House of Coates. Little Brown Mushroom, 2012.
- La Belle Dame Sans Merci. Edizioni Punctum, 2011.
- Postcards From America. Photographs by Alec Soth, Jim Goldberg, Susan Meiselas, Paolo Pellegrin, Mikhael Subotzky, and Ginger Strand. Magnum, 2011.
- Rodarte. Photographs by Alec Soth and Catherine Opie. JRP|Ringier, 2011.
- The Auckland Project. Photographs by Alec Soth and John Gossage. Radius Books, 2011.
- Farbenlehre. Optimal Media GmbH, 2011.
- Core Collections: Writings on Photography. Aperture, 2011.
- One Day, Ten Photographers. “Gus the Great” by Alec Soth; with Eva Maria Ocherbauer, Gerry Badger, Harvey Benge, Jessica Backhaus, John Gossage, Martin Parr, Rinko Kawauchi, Rob Hornstra, and Todd Hido. Kehrer, 2011.
- Lonely Boy Mag: A-1 “Midwestern Exotica”. Photographs by Alec Soth, essay by Jindrich Styrsk. Little Brown Mushroom, 2011.
- Lonely Boy Mag: A-2 “Boys & Their Cars”. Photographs by Alec Soth, Todd Hido, Peter Davidson, and Chad States, essay by Arno Strine. Little Brown Mushroom, 2011.
- Broken Manual. Alec Soth and Lester B. Morrison. Steidl, 2010.
- One Mississippi. Nazraeli Press, 2010.
- Ash Wednesday, New Orleans. Super Labo, 2010.
- O Christmas Tree. Urban Outfitters, 2010.
- From Here to There: Alec Soth’s America. Walker Art Center and Engberg, 2010.
- Brighton Picture Hunt. Photographs by Carmen Soth, edited by Alec Soth. Photoworks, 2010.
- Georgian Spring: A Magnum Journal. Alec Soth, Antoine d’Agata, Jonas Bendiksen, Thomas Dworzak, Martine Franck, Alex Majoli, Gueorgui Pinkhassov, Martin Parr, Paolo Pellegrin, and Mark Power. Magnum, 2009.
- Last Days of W. Little Brown Mushroom, 2008.
- Sheep. TBW Books, 2008.
- Dog Days, Bogotá. Steidl: Göttingen, 2007.
- Fashion Magazine. Magnum: Paris, 2007.
- XL Photograpy 3. Hatje Cantz, 2007.
- The Image To Come: How Cinema Inspires Photographers. Steidl: Göttingen, 2007.
- Between the Lakes: Artists Respond to Madison. Madison Museum of Contemporary Art: Madison, 2006.
- Image Makers, Image Takers. Thames and Hudson: London, 2006.
- Vitamin Ph. Phaidon Press: London, 2006.
- NIAGARA. Photographs by Alec Soth, essays by Richard Ford and Philip Brookman. Steidl: Göttingen, 2006.
- Granta. The Making of Parts. Photoessay by Alec Soth. Issue 89. 2004.
- Sleeping by the Mississippi. Photographs by Alec Soth, essays by Patricia Hampl and Anne Wilkes Tucker. Steidl: Göttingen, 2004.
- Vantage Points: Campus as Place. Photographs by Alec Soth, Beth Dow, Chris Faust. Carleton College Press: Northfield, 2002.
- Linked to the Future: Minneapolis and St. Paul. Six b/w plates by Alec Soth. Towery Publishing, Inc: Memphis, 1997.
- Albright-Knox Gallery of Art, Buffalo, NY
- Art Guild Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA
- Bard College, Annandale-On-Hudson, NY
- Bethel University, St. Paul, Minnesota
- California College of Art, Oakland, CA
- Columbia College, Chicago, IL
- Columbus State, Columbus, GA
- Concordia College, Montreal, Ontario, Canada
- Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, Germany
- Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA
- Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI
- East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN
- Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
- Fotodok, Utrech, Netherlands
- The George Eastman House, Rochester, NY
- Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
- International Center for Photography, New York, NY
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
- Martin Parr Foundation, Bristol, UK
- Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
- Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, WI
- Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN
- Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN
- Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, GA
- Missouri State University, Springfield, MO
- Moorhead State University, Moorhead, MN
- Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
- Ohio University, Athens, OH
- PhotoMidwest, Madison, WI
- PhotoLA, Los Angeles, CA
- PhotoSF, San Francisco, CA
- Photoworks, San Francisco, CA
- Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
- Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN
- Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
- San Francisco Photo Alliance, San Francisco, CA
- Society for Photographic Education, San Francisco, CA
- Stills Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
- The Art Center, Los Angeles, CA
- The Photographers’ Gallery, London
- University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
- University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
- University of Louisville, KY
- University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
- University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
- University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
- Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
- Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
- Weber State University, Ogden, UT
- Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, MA
- Collector Daily. Alec Soth, Advice for Young Artists. Knoblauch, Loring. January 28, 2025.
- Digital Camera World. Magnum photographer Alec Soth's latest must-see photography book reflects on youth, art and the creative process. Carter, Kalum. January 12, 2025.
- Bomb Magazine. Raw Portraits of 'Advice'. Dafoe, Taylor. December 2, 2024.
- The Star Tribune. Photographer Alec Soth’s new book offers tongue-in-cheek advice for young artists. Eler, Alicia. October 8, 2024.
- The Parallax Review. Advice for Young Artists is Alec Soth’s Homage to Art School Students. Cohen, Aaron M. October 1, 2024.
- W Magazine. Alec Soth’s New Book Advice for Young Artists Grapples With Growing Up. Baez, Che. September 18, 2024.
- Ocula. Book Review: Alec Soth, Advice for Young Artists. Smith-Laing, Tim. September 16, 2024.
- The Guardian. ‘I had a blast!’ The great photographer Alec Soth on why he went back to art school. Jansen, Charlotte. September 2, 2024.
- Dazed. Inside Alec Soth's new photo book on young artists. Dinsdale, Emily. June 14, 2024.
- Luo, Loy. Sean Kelly Gallery:Alec Soth ‘A Pound of Pictures’. Artron, March 1, 2022.
- British Journal of Photography. An eclectic mix of images composes Alec Soth’s latest photobook February 24, 2022. Editors.
- The Washington Post. This photographer set out to document U.S. divisiveness but ended up finding connectedness. February 21, 2022. Dickerman, Kenneth.
- The Paris Review. Photographic Neuroses: Alec Soth’s A Pound of Pictures. February 22, 2022. Jacobs, Gideon.
- Reid, Madison and Allison Schaller. 9 of This Winter’s Best Art Books. Vanity Fair, February 18, 2022.
- Hyperallergic. Alec Soth Mines the Poetic Possibility of Photographs. February 17, 2022. Ritter, Zach.
- Editors. MACK Books : Alec Soth : A Pound of Pictures. The Eye of Photography, February 9, 2022.
- Square Cylinder. Alec Soth @ Fraenkel. February 15, 2022. Pritikin, Renny.
- Aesthetica. Exhibition Reviews: A Pound of Pictures. February 11 2022. Can Yerebakan, Osman.
- The Brooklyn Rail. Art Seen: Alec Soth: A Pound of Pictures. February 10, 2022. Dykstra, Jean.
- Artforum. CRITICS’ PICKS - Alec Soth. February 4, 2022. Edgington, Colin.
- The New Yorker. Alec Soth’s Obsessive Ode to Image-Making. February 1, 2022. Aletti, Vince.
- Editors. A POUND OF PICTURES ALEC SOTH. Tique Art, February, 2022.
- The Art Newspaper. Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend. January 28, 2022. Cassady, Daniel.
- Eler, Alicia. Minnesota photographer Alec Soth swam through a pile of 500,000 pictures to find himself. Star Tribune, January 27, 2022.
- Collector Daily. Alec Soth, A Pound of Pictures @Sean Kelly. January 26, 2022. Knoblauch, Loring.
- Takac, Balasz. Alec Soth Exhibitions Coincide with the Release of His New Monograph. Widewalls, January 26, 2022.
- Editors. Alec Soth | A Pound of Pictures. This is Tomorrow, January 26, 2022.
- Widewalls. Alec Soth Exhibitions Coincide with the Release of His New Monograph. January 26, 2022. Takac, Balasz.
- Musée. Exhibition Review: Alec Soth: A Pound of Pictures. January 25, 2022. Rajnoldi, Angelica Cantú.
- Sanchez, Gabriel H. Exhibition Review: Alec Soth’s “A Pound of Pictures”. Photo Spark, January 25, 2022.
- Editors. Exhibition brings together images Alec Soth completed between 2018 and 2021. ArtDaily, January 17, 2022.
- Editors. Alec Soth: A Pound of Pictures. Art in America, January 15, 2022.
- AnOther Magazine. 50 Questions with Photographer Alec Soth As his new book and exhibition A Pound of Pictures launches, the gentle American photographer discusses libraries, road trips, John Cage and more. January 14, 2022. Rosen, Sara.
- Editors. VÍDEO EN DIRECTO Alec Soth nos presenta en exclusiva su exposición ‘A Pound of Pictures’ de Nueva York. January 12, 2022.
- Galerie Magazine. The Artful Life: 5 Things Galerie Editors Love This Week. From documentary photographer Alec Soth’s latest exhibition to the first wallpaper collection from Diptyque. January 11, 2022. Editors.
- Harris, Gareth. January Book Bag: from Marina Abramović’s instructions for rebooting your life to Paul Nash’s little-known design work. The Art Newspaper, January 11, 2022.
- The Guardian. The big picture: Alec Soth’s American road trip oddities., January 9, 2022. Adams, Tim.
- Sullivan, Terry. Cindy Sherman’s self-portraits and 5 other photo exhibits worth seeing right now. Popular Photography, January 5, 2022.
- Volkskrant. Poëzie onder een grauwsluier. November 2021. Moorman, Mark. (Dutch)
- Fotografare. Essere Umani. October 2021. Marani, Simona. (Italian)
- The Washington Post. A photographer and a prisoner ruminate on life’s limitations in ‘The Parameters of Our Cage’. February 12, 2021. Dickerman, Kenneth.
- Star Tribune. Sound meets vision as Dave King and Alec Soth square off in an artistic pingpong match. February 1, 2021. Hubbard, Rob.
- Frankfurter Allgemeine. Zeugen der Finsternis. January 29, 2021. Merken, Beitrag. (German)
- Harpers Bazaar. L'ultimo libro di Alec Soth è ilracconto perimmagini di una nuova contemporaneità. January 28, 2021. Amighetti, Di Emanuele. (Italian)
- Mpls.St.Paul Magazine. Behind Alec Soth and Dave King's AudioVisual Performance: The Palms. January 25, 2021. Marsh, Steve.
- The New Yorker. A Photographer and an Inmate Exchange Ways of Seeing. December 13, 2020. Wiley, Chris.
- CNN. An inmate wrote to a famous photographer. Their letters, and friendship, became a collaborative project. November 23, 2020. Palumbo, Jacqui.
- MorgenBladet. Innestemmer. November 20, 2020. Belgaux, Christian.
- BuzzFeed. These Are The Life Lessons An Inmate Said He Learned From Photography. November 18, 2020. Bubacz, Kate.
- Star Tribune. For famed Minneapolis artist Alec Soth, the mail delivered an unlikely friendship. November 13, 2020. Ross, Jenna.
- The Guardian. 'A roadmap to redemption': how a photographer helped a prisoner see beyond his cage. October 29, 2020. O'Hagan, Sean.
- El País. Alec Soth, Desde la Distancia. October 15, 2020. MacLennan, Gloria Crespo.
- Foam. In Between. September 2020. Feil, Marcel.
- Le Monde. "Derrière les Yeux."September 19, 2020. Guillot, Claire.
- Creative Review. "Alec Soth's Venture into the Great Indoors." September 17, 2020. Williams, Megan.
- Unless You Will. "Alec Soth." Winter / Summer 2020. Lachowskyj, Cat.
- San Francisco Chronicle. "Images of isolated people yearning to connect strike chord in SF gallery show." September 7, 2020. Bravo, Tony.
- P2 Público. "Fotografia." June 14, 2020. Ana Marques Maia.
- T: The New York Times Style Magazine. "Eight Photographers’ Pictures From Isolation." April 29, 2020. Sharma, Meara.
- Süddeutsche Zeitung. "Looking for Some Life." April 23, 2020. Rinder, Nicole.
- Dialogue. "Interview: In Dialogue with Alec Soth" March 31, 2020. Boshernitsan, Rimma.
- Elephant. "Read All About It: The Crumple-able Appeal of Artists’ Newspapers" January 9, 2020. Powell, Sukayna.
- Artsy. "Five Celebrated Photographers Share Favorite Photo Books." December 31, 2019. Palumbo, Jacqui.
- IMA. "The Endless Journey of Alec Soth." November 26, 2019.
- Modern Weekly. "Walking on the Edge of Everyday Vision." September, 2019.
- NZZ. "Bizarres aus Absurdistan" September, 2019. Russ-Mohl, Stephan.
- The Wall Street Journal. "I Know How Furiously Your Heart Is Beating." March 20, 2019.
- VICE. "Alec Soth’s New Book Captures the 'Beautiful Mystery of Other Human Beings.'" March 13, 2019. Jones, Ellis.
- The Washington Post. "A living legend steps away from photography and then returns with ‘I Know How Furiously Your Heart is Beating.’" April 3, 2019. Dickerman, Kenneth.
- The Star Tribune. "After self-imposed hiatus, famed Minnesota photographer Alec Soth returns." March 15, 2019. Eler, Alicia.
- Photograph Magazine. "Interview." March/April 2019. Rexer, Lyle.
- MONOPOL. "New Photos of Alec Soth." March 11, 2019. Meier, Anika.
- MinnPost. "Photographer Alec Soth is back; Anoushka Shankar to perform at the
O’Shaughnessy." March 8, 2019. Espeland, Pamela. - Magnum Photos. "Alec Soth: Cleansing the Visual Palate." 2019.
- Internazionale. "The Rebirth of Alec Soth." March 26, 2019.
- Vice: Garage. "Alec Soth On The 'Ethically Dubious' Side of Photography" March 27, 2019. Indrisek, Scott.
- Document Journal. "Photographer Alec Soth spent a year being a stranger in people’s homes." March 24, 2019. Binlot, Ann.
- Artsy. "Alec Soth Spent a Year Meditating and Nearly Quit Photography. Now He’s Back." March 29, 2019. Palumbo, Jacqui.
- AnotherMag. "Alec Soth’s New Photography Book Is His Most Intimate Yet" March 14, 2019. Hutton, Belle.
- The Guardian. "Alec Soth, a photographer reborn: 'I realised everything is connected'" March 9, 2019. O'Hagan, Sean.
- T: The New York Times Style Magazine. "A conversation with Alec Soth about Art and Doubt." March 20, 2019. Yanagihara, Hanya.
- Artnet News. "Photographer Alec Soth Made His Name Photographing Middle America. But ‘Middle America’ Isn’t What It Used to Be." March, 2019. Dafoe, Taylor.
- Minnesota Monthly. "Alec Soth Returns to Share His Spiritual Reawakening with Us." March, 2019. Tormoen, Erik.
- The New York Times. “A Year of Quiet Contemplation Led to the Rebirth of Alec Soth’s Photography.” February, 2019. Teicher, Jordan G.
- Minnesota Public Radio. “Walker Show Brings Out Old Friends, New Acquaintances.” February 2019. Kerr, Euan.
- Barron’s Penta. "Alec Soth Curates Special Exhibition for the Photography Show." January 2019. Block, Fang.
- Aperture. The PhotoBook Review #015. “When to Hold ’Em and When to Fold ’Em A Conversation with Alec Soth.” Fall 2018.
- British Journal of Photography. “Alec Soth on his classic photobook, Niagra.” October 2018. Pantall, Colin.
- KQED. “Pier 24 Offers a Dark Look at America's Past Decade in 'This Land.’” July 2018. Hotchkiss, Sarah.
- Hyperallergic. “Intimate, Odd, and Eerie America as Captured by Alec Soth.” July 2018. Sharp, Sarah Rose.
- WUMW Milwaukee Public Radio. "Alec Soth: Photography as an American Dialect." March 2018. Teich, Mitch.
- British Journal of Photography. “Alec Soth is Sleeping by the Mississippi.” November 2017.
- BBC News. “Following the Mississippi’s Path.” September 2017.
- i-D Vice. “Alec Soth didn't expect to become a world-famous photographer.” September 2017. de Pressigny, Clementine.
- Creative Boom. “Sleeping by the Mississippi: Alec Soth’s revealing photographs of America's "third coast.” September 2017. Cowan, Katy.
- The Guardian. “Loners, preachers, sex workers and sinners: how Alec Soth captured the real America.” August 2017. O’Hagan, Sean.
- AnOther Magazine. “Alec Soth: Gathered Leaves.” April 2016. Woodward, Daisy.
- Hyperallergic. “Alec Soth’s Case Studies of America.” January 2016. Pantazi, Chloe.
- Hyperallergic. “Photographer Alec Soth’s Winnebago Workshop Takes Arts Education on the Road.” November 2015. Meier, Allison.
- British Journal of Photography. “Photography is a language.” Alec Soth on his first UK exhibition Gathered Leaves.” October 2015.
- The New York Times Magazine. “The Unselfie.” October 2015. Anderson, Sam.
- The Guardian. “Alec Soth: America's most immaculate, intriguing photographer.” October 2015. O’Hagan, Sean.
- The Telegraph. “Photographer Alec Soth: 'To me the most beautiful thing is vulnerability.’” September 2015. Brown, Mick.
- Popular Photography. “Alec Soth On Starting An Authentic Career in Photography.” September 2015. Ryan, Meg.
- PBS News Hour. “Photographer Alec Soth looks for where Americans find community.” May 2015.
- British Journal of Photography. “Alec Soth – Songbook.” March 2015.
- Time. “See How a Celebrated Photographer Plans to Use Snapchat.” February 2015. Laurent, Olivier.
- W Magazine. “Alec Soth Reports.” February 2015. Aletti, Vince.
- ArtForum. “Alec Soth Discusses Songbook.” January 2015. Sanchez, Gabriel H.
- The Star Tribune. “Alec Soth unveils billboard along Univ. Av. in St. Paul.” June 2014. Wheeler, Jeff.
- The Star Tribune. "Bruised beauty: Weinstein Gallery reprises stellar decade for Alec Soth." May 2014. Abbe, Mary.
- Slate. “Capturing the Quiet Beauty of Baseball.” March 2014. Teicher, Jordan G.
- The New Yorker. “The Wandering Spirit.” December 2013. Gattegno, Rodrigo Canedo.
- University of Texas at Austin. “Photographer Alec Soth and Writer Brad Zellar Will Explore 'Texas Triangle' for Latest Edition of The LBM Dispatch.” November 2013.
- New York Times Blog (6th Floor). “Two Table Tennis Obsessives Go Back and Forth.” September 2013. Shortz, Will.
- Vice. “The LBM Dispatch Brings the Good News.” July 2013. Zellar, Brad.
- Aperture. "This is Anywhere." Winter 2012. Soth, Alec and Zellar, Brad.
- Time. “Looking for Love in 90’s by Alec Soth.” October 2012.
- Artforum. "Reviews: Alec Soth – Sean Kelly Gallery." April, 2012. Decter, Joshua.
- Photo Magazine. “En Direct de New York”. March, 2012. Thérond, Eve.
- Interview. "Run Away with Alec Soth." March, 2012. O’Reilly, Adam.
- Hyperallergic. "Children of God." March, 2012. John, Yau.
- The Huffington Post. "Alec Soth: Escape Artist." March, 2012. Despont, Catherine.
- Artforum. "Critic’s Pick: Alec Soth." March, 2012. Ewing, Margaret.
- New York Magazine. “Critic’s Pick: Alec Soth – Armies of One”. March, 2012. Saltz, Jerry.
- Time Out New York. "Alec Soth, ‘Broken Manual’." February, 2012.
- The New Yorker. "Critic’s Notebook: Road Show." February, 2012. Aletti, Vince.
- The Huffington Post. "Alec Soth’s Photographs Capture Males Outside of Society." February, 2012.
- Galleria. "This Week: Must-See Arts in the City." February, 2012. Miranda, Carolina A.
- Artinfo."How to Run Away: Alec Soth on What He Learned From His New Series of Hermit Portraits." February, 2012. Chayka, Kyle.
- Art Papers. "Blocked Escape Routes: Alec Soth’s Broken Manual and the Urge to Disappear." March/April 2011. Lund, Karsten.
- Fantom Photographic Quarterly. "The Big Manual, Alec Soth meets Lester B. Morrison." Spring, 2010.
- Photoworks. “Carmen & Alec Soth: Brighton Picture Hunt“. Autumn/Winter, October-April 2010/11. Chandler, David.
- The New York Times. "Trolling for Strangers to Befriend." August, 2009. Sheets, Hilarie M.
- SF Weekly. “Reviews: Alec Soth: The Last Days of W”. February 2009. Vogel, Traci.
- Modern Painters. “The Last Days of W”. October 2008. Soth, Alec.
- Artforum. “Reviews: Alec Soth, Wohnmaschine”. May 2008. Honigman, Ana.
- Stiletto. “Désir D’Attraction”. April 2008. Ollier, Brigitte.
- Frieze. “Reviews: Alec Soth at Jeu de Paume.” April 2008. Smith, Sarah-Neel.
- Art in America. “Reviews: Alec Soth at Martin Weinstein.” April 2008. Coggins, David.
- City Pages. "Alec Soth." Jan 2008. Severns Guntzel, Jeff.
- Aperture. "Sixty Years of Magnum." Summer 2007. Badger, Gerry.
- The Wall Street Journal. “Art Blogs.” March 17-18, 2007. Russell, Jacob Hale.
- HotShoe. “Hot Books: Niagara.” January, 2007. Hannigan, William
- Guide to Unique Photography. “Running Water.” Issue #6, 2006. Milo, Pim.
- The British Journal of Photography. “Young Guns.” Volume 154. Smyth, Diane.
- American Photo. “The Art of the Web.” May/June 2006.
- ARTnews. “Reviews: Alec Soth, Gagosian.” June 2006. Berwick, Carly.
- Stern. "Reale Leidenschaften." April 25, 2006. Riester, Sabina.
- MN Public Radio. "After the Falls." April 11, 2006. Combs, Marianne.
- Minneapolis StarTribune. “See-worthy art events around town.” April 6, 2006. Abbe, Mary.
- Magenta Magazine. “Book Review: NIAGARA.” Spring 2006. Strettel, David.
- Financial Times. "The human wilderness." March 26, 2006. Hodgson, Francis.
- Photo District News. “Catching up with Alec Soth.” March 23, 2006. LaSala, Anthony.
- ARTnews. "Altered States." March 2006. Woodward, Richard.
- The Rake. “Making it.” March 2006. Caniglia, Julie.
- The New Yorker. “Critic’s Notebook: Soth Bound.” February 13&20, 2006. Aletti, Vince.
- Guardian. "This is sacrilege." February 14, 2006. Searle, Adrian.
- Newsday. “The heart of darkness through a Niagara lens.” February 10, 2006. Budick, Ariella.
- The Villager. “The A List: Legends of the Falls.” February 8-14, 2006. —–.
- New York Magazine. “An hour in Chelsea.” February 6, 2006. Rosenberg, Karen.
- Art & Auction. “An intimate affair.” February 2006. Pollack, Lindsay.
- The New York Art World. “Ghada Amer and Alec Soth, Gagosian Gallery.” February 2006. Ramirez, Nicollette.
- Village Voice. “NYC Guide: Art.” February 2006. —–.
- The Digital Journalist. "Alec Soth’s Niagara." February 2006. Richards, Roger.
- Des Moines Register. “Old Man River photos focus on curious, charming.” January 22, 2006. Pierre, Amanda.
- Des Moines Register. “Mississippi photos surreal; Des Moines Art Festival for real.” January 5, 2006. Pierre, Amanda and Jeffrey Bruner.
- ArtReview. “The bigger picture,” December/January 2006. Jobey, Liz.
- Artforum. “Preview:Munich: ClickDoubleClick: The Documentary Factor (Haus der Kunst).” January 2006. Frailey, Stephen.
- POL Oxygen. “Soth Focus: Everyday heroes,” Issue 15, 2005-2006. Gadd, Jessica.
- Buffalo News. “Editorial: Tell Me,” December 16, 2005. Connolly, Brian.
- The New York Times. "A Carnival of Art, Money, Surf, and Sand." December 3, 2005. Smith, Roberta.
- Picturemagazine.com. “SFCP 3.” Nov/Dec 2005. ——.
- mnartists.org. “Rising and Falling to the Occasion: New Photography, McKnight Fellows 2004-2005.” November 19, 2005. Gordon, Glenn.
- Minneapolis Star Tribune. “Mining the meaning of Images.” November 25, 2005. Abbe, Mary.
- Chicago Tribune, “The Photo Issue: 5 Things you need to know about collecting photography.” November 13, 2005. Skolnik, Lisa.
- PDN, “Icons of the 21st Century: Books,” October 2005.
- Artforum, “Reviews: Alec Soth.” September 2005. Caniglia, Julie.
- Minneapolis StarTribune, “State Fair art show celebrates beauty, family, foibles and loss,” August 26, 2005. Abbe, Mary.
- The New Yorker, “Galleries-Chelsea: Minets A Polis.” August 8 & 15, 2005.
- The New Yorker, “Galleries-Chelsea: Roger Ballen and Alec Soth.” July 25, 2005.
- Pulse of the Twin Cities. “Hot tickets for July 13-19, 2005: Alec Soth and Andrei Codrescu.” July 13, 2005. Urbanski, Adrienne.
- PDN Photo Annual 2005. “Photo Books.” May 2005.
- Digital Photographer. “Outside the Box: Environmental Portraiture.” Issue 32, 2005.
- mnartists.org. “Tender Regard and Comic Melancholy: Alec Soth at MIA.” April 24, 2005. Gordon, Glenn.
- mnartists.org. “Magic and Hard Work: Alec Soth at MIA.” April 24, 2005. Fallon, Michael.
- Newsobserver.com. “On view.” April 8, 2005. Sung, Ellen.
- The Independent Review. “Backwater Blues.” April 7, 2005. Lees, Alasdair.
- Twin Cities Where. “Local Knowledge.” April 2005.
- St. Paul Pioneer Press. “Recent Developments.” March 6, 2005. Peiken, Matt.
- The Art Newspaper. “Alec Soth: Portraits, No. 156.” March 2005.
- The Rake. “Art: Alec Soth.” March 2005.
- Photo-eye. “The Best Books of 2004.” Spring 2005.
- Mouvement. “Portfolio.” January/February 2005. —–.
- American Photo. “Stream of Consciousness: Alec Soth looks for American dreamers along the Mississippi.” January/February 2005. Elbies, Jeffrey.
- Village Voice. "Top 25 Photo Books of 2004," January 24, 2005, Aletti, Vince.
- Time Europe, “A River Runs Through It,” January 17, 2005, Pantall, Colin.
- American Photo On Campus, “Beautiful Dreamer,” January 2005, Albies, Jeffrey.
- Minneapolis Star Tribune, “Artist of the Year,” December 26, 2004, Abbe, Mary.
- The New York Times, “Southern Photography, Inspired by a Yankee,” December 4, 2004, Smith, Roberta.
- Camera Arts, “Writing with Light: Ten Books for Your Wish List,” December 2004, More, Michael.
- ic Liverpool, “Don’t miss Mississippi pictures,” November 29, 2004.
- Time Asia. “A River Runs Through It.” December 2004. Pantall, Colin.
- Daily Post. “Don’t miss Mississippi pictures.” November 29, 2004. ——.
- The British Journal of Photography, “Mississippi dreaming,” November 24, 2004, Pantall, Colin.
- Photo Italia, “Sognando il grande fiume,” November 2004, Recordati, Sara.
- Source, “Book Reviews,” Autumn 2004, Miller, Alicia.
- Art Review, “I walk the line,” October 2004, Schuman, Aaron.
- Art in America, “Reviews: Berlin – Alec Soth at Wohnmaschine,” October 2004, Phillips, Christopher.
- Modern Painters, “Lost in Curation,” Autumn 2004, Aletti, Vince.
- Rain Taxi Review of Books, “Sleeping by the Mississippi,” Fall 2004, Gordon, Glenn.
- Photo District News, “In Print: Sleeping by the Mississippi,” September 2004, Lehan, Joanna.
- Photo District News, “Magnum inducts new members,” September 2004.
- The Digital Journalist. "View from the Photo Desk: Q&A with Alec Soth of Magnum Photos." September 2004. Richards, Roger.
- NewYorkPress.com. “Landscapes.” August 17, 2004. Morton, Lisa.
- City Pages, “The A-List,” August 11, 2004.
- Der Tagesspiegel, “Amerikanische Seele,” August 7, 2004, Daniels, Corinna.
- St. Paul Pioneer Press, “Mythic River,” July 18, 2004, O’Sullivan, Thomas.
- Minnesota Public Radio, “All Things Considered,” July 12-16,2004, Combs, Marianne.
- Minneapolis Star Tribune, “Mississippi Dreaming,” July 9, 2004, Abbe, Mary.
- ArtNews, “Reviews: Alec Soth at Yossi Milo,” Summer 2004, Cone, Michele C.
- San Francisco Gate, “Reviews: Alec Soth,” July 2004, Bing, Alison.
- Photo District News Online, “Magnum Members Grapple with the Future at Annual Meeting,” July 1, 2004, DeFoore, Jay.
- Minnesota Monthly, “Sleeping by the Mississippi: Portfolio by Alec Soth,” July 2004, Gihring, Tim.
- The Rake Magazine, “A River Runs Through Us,” July 2004, Caniglia, Julie.
- The Sunday Telegraph Magazine, “A River Runs Through It,” June 27, 2004, Turner, Christopher.
- Art in America, “Report from New York: The Well-Tempered Biennial,” June/July 2004, Heartney, Eleanor.
- San Francisco Chronicle, “Alec Soth at Wirtz,” June 12, 2004, Baker, Kenneth.
- mnartists.org. “Alec Soth, Sleeping by the Mississippi, is Now Wide Awake in Minneapolis.” June 8, 2004. Fallon, Michael.
- Flash Art, “Whitney Biennial 2004: A Good-Looking Corpse,” May/June 2004, Dunn, Melissa.
- Photo District News, “The Year in Review: Award Winners of the Year,” May 2004.
- Photo-Eye, “Survey of New Books,” Summer 2004.
- Artforum, “Reviews: Alec Soth,” Summer 2004, Raymond, Jonathan.
- Contemporary. “Highlights: Minneapolis.” Issue 61, 2004. Douglas, Kris.
- Exit Express. “Bienal del Whitney 2004.” May 2004. Hatchadoorian, Lisa.
- Photo, “Alec Soth révéle son Mississippi,” April 2004, No. 408, Théroud, Eve.
- mnartists.org. “Art Review: The Whitney Looks to the Interior.” April 21, 2004. Fallon, Michael.
- The Village Voice, “Show World,” April 19, 2004, Aletti, Vince.
- The San Diego Union Tribune. “At the Whitney Biennial, more highs than lows—and most of the country is MIA.” April 18, 2004. Pincus, Robert L.
- The New York Times. "Art in Review: Alec Soth," April 16, 2004, Cotter, Holland.
- Time Out New York, “Reviews: Alec Soth: Sleeping by the Mississippi,” April 15-22, 2004, Kerr, Merrily.
- The New York Sun, “Photography: The Newest Eyes,” April 15, 2004, Meyers, William.
- Columbia Spectator. “Anticipated Biennial Brings Few Surprises.” April 12, 2004. Krudy, Cat.
- Toronto Star, “Fresh images burst from Whitney Biennial,” April 10, 2004, Goddard, Peter.
- Minneapolis Star Tribune, “You can’t buy this kind of publicity,” April 2, 2004, Abbe, Mary.
- The Village Voice, “A-list,” March 12, 2004, Aletti, Vince.
- The New Yorker, “Goings on about Town: Photography,” March 29, 2004.
- Time, “Major Art Attack,” March 29, 2004, Lacayo, Richard.
- New York Magazine, “Photography: A River Runs Through It,” March 22-29, 2004, Rosenberg, Karen.
- The Wall Street Journal, “Whitney Biennial: A Show the Critics Usually Love to Pan, and for Good Reason,” March 23, 2004, Rosenbaum, Lee.
- The Leaf of Sao Paulo. “Melancholy, blackout and emptiness predominate the Whitney Biennial.” March 22, 2004. Cariello, Rafael.
- Toronto Globe and Mail. “Art in a tremulous time (Whitney Biennial),” March 17, 2004, Milroy, Sarah.
- The Washington Post. "Whittling Down the Whitney," March 14, 2004, Gopnik, Blake.
- The New York Times. "Touching All Bases at the Biennial," March 12, 2004, Kimmelman, Michael.
- The Village Voice. “A-list.” March 12, 2004. Aletti, Vince.
- Photo District News. “PDN’s 30 2004.” v. XXIV, March, 2004. LaSala, Anthony.
- Blind Spot. Issue 26. Winter, 2004.
- Next Level. Edition 2, Vol. 2. Winter, 2004.
- Fotopozytyw. “Fotografie dla Carmen.” no. 1. Stycen, 2004. Mazur, Adam.
- City Pages. “Artists of the Year.” December 31, 2003. Fallon, Michael.
- Minneapolis Star Tribune. “Three with state ties picked for top show.” December 14, 2003. Abbe, Mary.
- City Pages, “One of the Great Ones,” September 10,2003, Fallon, Michael.
- Photo District News. “Alec Soth wins Santa Fe Prize.” August, 2003. DeFoore, Jay.
- Camera Arts Magazine. “Santa Fe Center for Photography 2003 Award Winners Publication.” August/September 2003.
- Minneapolis Star Tribune. “Fellow Travelers, Six Photographers.” Sept. 15, 2000. Abbe, Mary.
- Minneapolis Star Tribune. “Photo Exhibits display spiritual musings.” June 19, 1998. Abbe, Mary.
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