Alec Soth's first major solo UK exhibition <i>Gathered Leaves</i> opens at <a href='http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/visitmuseum/Plan_your_visit/exhibitions/alec-soth.aspx' target='_blank'>Media Space</a> in London on 6 October 2015 and runs until 28 March 2016.

The exhibition will offer visitors a unique opportunity to see four signature series from a decade of a remarkable career, including the UK premiere of his highly-acclaimed recent project Songbook.

Through his series Sleeping by the Mississippi (2004), Niagara (2006) and Broken Manual (2010), Soth has established himself as a vibrant, distinctive voice in contemporary international art. His work is characterised by a lyrical approach to documentary photography and a restless experimentation across the many forms that photography can take: from exhibitions and books, to zines and digital media.

Soth, who lives and works in Minnesota, also shares the great American fascination with the open road in his projects, bringing a fresh perspective to ideas explored in the twentieth century by artists and writers such as Robert Frank, Stephen Shore and Jack Kerouac.

Kate Bush, Head of Photography, Science Museum Group said: ‘Alec is one of the most significant photographers working in the world today and it’s incredibly exciting to be presenting his first major UK exhibition at Media Space. His work belongs within the canon of great American photography of the past century. He’s an acute observer of contemporary life, always alert to the poetic possibilities of individual triumph and tragedy. He’s an artist who captures a profound sense of what it is to be human, in all its surprising dimensions.’

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