From February 13, 2025 to March 30, 2025
Weinstein Hammons Gallery is delighted to present Advice for Young Artists, an exhibition featuring fourteen new photographs by internationally acclaimed artist Alec Soth. The exhibition opens with a reception on Thursday, February 13th, from 6–8 PM, where the artist will be in attendance.
Soth’s latest body of work, Advice for Young Artists, emerged from his visits to undergraduate art programs across the United States between 2022 and 2024. However, rather than dispensing direct guidance, Soth offers a contemplative meditation on the artistic journey, revealing the complexities of photography, time, and creative evolution. The images—ranging from structured classroom compositions to expressive, introspective moments—mark a significant evolution in Soth’s practice. Two decades after the release of his celebrated series Sleeping by the Mississippi, this new work revisits themes of artistic discovery and transformation with a fresh perspective.
Renowned for his narrative-driven approach to photography, Alec Soth (b. 1969, Minneapolis, MN) has built a career rooted in curiosity, exploration, and an ever-evolving engagement with human connection. His work often captures moments of solitude, longing, and vulnerability, resonating deeply with viewers and fellow artists alike. With Advice for Young Artists, Soth continues to push boundaries, offering a nuanced reflection on the lifelong process of making art.
Soth has published over twenty-five photobooks, beginning with his widely acclaimed monograph Sleeping by the Mississippi (2004). Other notable titles include NIAGARA (2006), Broken Manual (2010), Songbook (2015), I Know How Furiously Your Heart Is Beating (2019), A Pound of Pictures (2022), and the most recent Advice for Young Artists (2024). In 2008, he founded Little Brown Mushroom, an independent publishing house based in Minnesota.
His work has been the subject of major solo exhibitions worldwide, including at Jeu de Paume (Paris), Fotomuseum Winterthur (Switzerland), The Finnish Museum of Photography (Helsinki), El Museo de Bogotá (Colombia), and Deichtorhallen (Hamburg). His photographs are held in the permanent collections of institutions such as The Museum of Modern Art (New York), the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Museum of Fine Arts (Houston), the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Walker Art Center (Minneapolis), among others.
With Advice for Young Artists, Alec Soth continues his legacy as one of contemporary photography’s most thought-provoking storytellers, exploring the intersections of creativity, education, and the passage of time.
Image: © Alec Soth