Soth at the Walker Arts Center

"Preacher Man" (2002) by Alec Soth

Alec Soth's photo, "Preacher Man" explores the dark questions about religion in America that good art should raise like, "What breaks a man?" The Walker Arts Center in Minneapolis, is currently showing a 20-year retrospective of his work subtitled, "Alec Soth's America." He's getting nice coverage in the Minneapolis Times Star and Huffington Post; as well as The NYT Blog. Soth made a reputation with color prints taken with huge old-fashioned cameras that produced 8-by-10-inch negatives he generally processed himself. He is a 1999 McKnight Photography fellowship and was included in the2004 Whitney Biennial.

"Jessie's Prayer Room" (2002) by Alec Soth