Each bookstore will serve as a concierge, recommending "must-read books" to FASHION HEADLINE readers. Every Saturday, we will introduce books selected by Shelf (3-7-4 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo), a Harajuku bookstore specializing in foreign books.

■ "Songbook" by Alec Soth

Alec Soth is an American photographer and a full member of the international photography group Magnum Photos. This book features black-and-white photographs he captured from various states, traveling from New York to Silicon Valley between 2012 and 2014.

Soth finds the essence of America in the people who form communities in each region and live within the unique cultures and values they have cultivated. His works, including his breakthrough work "Sleeping by the Mississippi," which evoke the classic lineage of serious American photography, have been highly praised, and he is gaining increasing attention as one of the leading figures in the contemporary photography industry.

【Book Information】
"Songbook"
Author: Alec Soth
Publisher: MACK
Language: English
Hardcover / 144 pages / 270x290mm
Published: 2014
Price: 9,000 yen