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Please join us for an evening with one of contemporary America's premier visual storytellers.


Shanghai FCC will host Alec Soth for a joint event with the Shanghai Center of Photography​, where his work is showcased now in an exhibition, 'The Space Between Us'.


Alec is best known for his documentary work on the people and landscapes of the U.S. interior, but his career spans everything from fashion assignments to large-scale narrative projects.


He's also got more than 200,000 Instagram followers.This event includes a guided tour of the photos, and a Q&A with Alec via video from his home in Minnesota. It's free for club members.


WHEN: Tuesday 18th August. Entry from 6pm, Q&A from 7pm

WHERE: Shanghai Center of Photography, Longteng Avenue 2555-1

ENTRY: Members FREE / Non-Members 50 RMB


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Alec can offer insights not just for aspiring photographers but for anyone interested in real-life storytelling. How to connect with strangers? Why do people agree to be photographed, or not? How to be fair to your subject? The importance of perspective.


"This exhibition is also conceived to encourage young Chinese photographers to look at the normal life that surrounds them and find the value in even the most humble of ordinary lives" -- SCoP.

Speakers

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    Eric Soth

    http://www.alecsoth.com/photography

    In his own words: "I like to take pictures and make books."

    Alec has published over twenty-five books including Sleeping by the Mississippi (2004), NIAGARA (2006), Broken Manual (2010), Songbook (2015) and I Know How Furiously Your Heart is Beating (2019). 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) and Media Space in London (2015). 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 in New York, Weinstein Hammons Gallery in Minneapolis, Fraenkel Gallery in San Francisco, Loock Galerie in Berlin, and is a member of Magnum Photos.

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Tickets

SFCC members
Member Price Complimentary
Non-Members
Standard Price RMB 50

Venue

Shanghai Centre of Photography

Longteng Avenue 2555-1 (West Bund)
Shanghai

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