The Parameters of Our Cage C. Fausto Cabrera & Alec Soth – MACK
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The Parameters of Our Cage is now sold out. You can purchase the electronic edition on Apple Books and Kindle Store. “One of the most insightful and moving meditations on the power of photography to encourage new ways of thinking, connect communities, reflect on personal narratives and imagine alternative futures.” – Alona Pardo, Curator, The Barbican."[The Parameters of our Cage] offers a powerful meditation on photography and society." – BuzzFeed, Best Books of 2020 “Soth and Cabrera grapple with complex topics that reflect larger undercurrents running within the country… They confide deep personal truths and discuss photography and art through a critical lens.” – CNN “An astonishing book” - The Guardian “A rich and profound dialogue…which has allowed Soth to deepen his interest in the relation between photography and confinement.” – El País In January 2020, Alec Soth received a letter from Chris Fausto Cabrera, an inmate of the Minnesota Correctional Facility in Rush City, in which he asked the photographer to engage in a dialogue. This sparked an expansive and insightful correspondence over the following nine months which, set against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic, Black Lives Matter Movement and growing unrest, reaches to the heart of contemporary America. In amongst their exchanges of personal histories and shared influences – from Ralph Ellison’s The Invisible Man and André 3000, to Robert Frank’s The Americans and Rilke’s 'Letters to a Young Poet' – developed a searing investigation of the redemptive power of art and the imagination, justice and accountability, life inside America’s prisons, and the astonishing capacity of empathy and curiosity to bring two people together.All proceeds from this book will be donated to the Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop. Accompanied by 2 postcards: DISCOURSE is a series of small books in which a cultural theorist, curator or artist explores a theme, an artwork or an idea in an extended illustrated text. Paperback with flaps12.5 x 19.5cm, 128 pages ISBN 978-1-913620-15-8October 2020€8 £7.5 $9
The paperback edition is now sold out. You can purchase the ebook via this listing, Apple Books and Kindle Store. “One of the most insightful and moving meditations on the power of photography to encourage new ways of thinking, connect communities, reflect on personal narratives and imagine alternative futures.” – Alona Pardo, Curator, The Barbican.[The Parameters of our Cage] offers a powerful meditation on photography and society. – BuzzFeed, Best Books of 2020 “Soth and Cabrera grapple with complex topics that reflect larger undercurrents running within the country… They confide deep personal truths and discuss photography and art through a critical lens.” – CNN “An astonishing book” - The Guardian “A rich and profound dialogue…which has allowed Soth to deepen his interest in the relation between photography and confinement.” – El País In January 2020, Alec Soth received a letter from Chris Fausto Cabrera, an inmate of the Minnesota Correctional Facility in Rush City, in which he asked the photographer to engage in a dialogue. This sparked an expansive and insightful correspondence over the following nine months which, set against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic, Black Lives Matter Movement and growing unrest, reaches to the heart of contemporary America. In amongst their exchanges of personal histories and shared influences – from Ralph Ellison’s The Invisible Man and André 3000, to Robert Frank’s The Americans and Rilke’s 'Letters to a Young Poet' – developed a searing investigation of the redemptive power of art and the imagination, justice and accountability, life inside America’s prisons, and the astonishing capacity of empathy and curiosity to bring two people together.All proceeds from this book will be donated to the Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop. Accompanied by 2 postcards: DISCOURSE is a series of small books in which a theorist, artist, or writer engages in a dialogue with a theme, an artwork, an idea, or another individual across an extended text. Explore the full series here. Paperback with flaps12.5 x 19.5cm, 128 pages ISBN 978-1-913620-15-8October 2020€8 £7.5 $9
The paperback edition is now sold out. You can purchase the ebook via this listing, Apple Books and Kindle Store. “One of the most insightful and moving meditations on the power of photography to encourage new ways of thinking, connect communities, reflect on personal narratives and imagine alternative futures.” – Alona Pardo, Curator, The Barbican.[The Parameters of our Cage] offers a powerful meditation on photography and society. – BuzzFeed, Best Books of 2020 “Soth and Cabrera grapple with complex topics that reflect larger undercurrents running within the country… They confide deep personal truths and discuss photography and art through a critical lens.” – CNN “An astonishing book” - The Guardian “A rich and profound dialogue…which has allowed Soth to deepen his interest in the relation between photography and confinement.” – El País In January 2020, Alec Soth received a letter from Chris Fausto Cabrera, an inmate of the Minnesota Correctional Facility in Rush City, in which he asked the photographer to engage in a dialogue. This sparked an expansive and insightful correspondence over the following nine months which, set against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic, Black Lives Matter Movement and growing unrest, reaches to the heart of contemporary America. In amongst their exchanges of personal histories and shared influences – from Ralph Ellison’s The Invisible Man and André 3000, to Robert Frank’s The Americans and Rilke’s 'Letters to a Young Poet' – developed a searing investigation of the redemptive power of art and the imagination, justice and accountability, life inside America’s prisons, and the astonishing capacity of empathy and curiosity to bring two people together.All proceeds from this book will be donated to the Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop. Accompanied by 2 postcards: DISCOURSE is a series of small books in which a theorist, artist, or writer engages in a dialogue with a theme, an artwork, an idea, or another individual across an extended text. Explore the full series here. Paperback with flaps12.5 x 19.5cm, 128 pages ISBN 978-1-913620-15-8October 2020€8 £7.5 $9
A Photographer and an Inmate Exchange Ways of Seeing
Text + Image: Alec Soth and Christopher Fausto Cabrera: The Parameters of Our Cage - LENSCRATCH
The Parameters of Our Cage – Alec Soth
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The paperback edition is now sold out. You can purchase the ebook via this listing, Apple Books and Kindle Store. “One of the most insightful and
The Parameters of Our Cage C. Fausto Cabrera & Alec Soth
Prison correspondence about art and life - The Washington Post
The paperback edition is now sold out. You can purchase the ebook via this listing, Apple Books and Kindle Store. “One of the most insightful and
The Parameters of Our Cage C. Fausto Cabrera & Alec Soth
A roadmap to redemption': how a photographer helped a prisoner see beyond his cage, Photography
Text + Image: Alec Soth and Christopher Fausto Cabrera: The Parameters of Our Cage - LENSCRATCH
Text + Image: Alec Soth and Christopher Fausto Cabrera: The Parameters of Our Cage - LENSCRATCH
The paperback edition is now sold out. You can purchase the ebook via this listing, Apple Books and Kindle Store. “One of the most insightful and
The Parameters of Our Cage C. Fausto Cabrera & Alec Soth
Text + Image: Alec Soth and Christopher Fausto Cabrera: The Parameters of Our Cage - LENSCRATCH
A roadmap to redemption': how a photographer helped a prisoner see beyond his cage, Photography
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