原創 Alec Soth SCOP
作為埃裡克·索斯（Alec Soth）的老朋友，SCoP 很關心他最近在家鄉美國明尼蘇達過得怎麼樣，於是我們邀請他在展覽正式開幕前「接管」了我們的 Instagram。索斯從上周開始陸續發來了許多關於他工作生活的照片，還親自介紹了這次展覽中的部分作品，其中有不少從未向外界提起過的「秘密」，為我們展示了他那些著名攝影作品背後鮮為人知的創作故事。
給行李箱裝上輪子的天才是他嗎？
Perfect Strangers
Untitled, 1994
© Alec Soth
大家好，我是埃裡克·索斯，在上海攝影藝術中心新展《我與你：埃裡克·索斯》開展前我很激動可以在這裡和大家分享我的故事。這張照片是此次展覽中我最早的一幅作品之一。25年前，就在離我現在寫下這段文字不遠的地方，明尼蘇達州聖保羅，我拍下了這張照片。我已經忘了這個人的名字，但是我記得他當時說的話：「我是這個年代最聰明的人之一。」
攝影對我來說更多的是神秘感。照片中的那個男人真的是個天才嗎？他拿著那些行李箱是要去做什麼？他現在又在何處？
說到底，攝影終究是關於時間的奧秘。四分之一個世紀怎麼可能這麼快就過去了？在我拍下這張照片時，和我一起出差的助理還沒出生。在機場的時候我和她提到在我小時候，行李箱是沒有輪子的，她用一種難以置信的神情看著我。我就在想照片裡的那個人是否就是那個第一個想到在行李箱上裝上輪子的天才呢？
This is Alec Soth and I’m excited to be doing an Instagram takeover in advance of my upcoming show at the Shanghai Center Of Photography. The photograph above is one of the earliest in the exhibition. It was made twenty-five years ago not far from where I’m writing now in St. Paul, Minnesota. I』ve since forgotten the name of this man, but I remember his words: 「I’m one of the great minds of my generation.」
For me, photography is more about mystery than knowledge. Was this man a genius? What were his plans for those suitcases? Where is he now?
In the end, photography is always about the mystery of time. How is it possible that a quarter of a century has passed so quickly? Yesterday I was traveling with an assistant who wasn’t even alive when I took this picture. At the airport I mentioned to her that luggage didn’t have wheels when I was young. She looked at me with utter disbelief. I'd like to think that the man in this photo is the genius that came up with the idea of putting wheels on suitcases.
相隔15年的兩個「Bill」
Looking For Love
Bill. St. Louis Park, Minnesota, 1997
© Alec Soth
Songbook
Bil. Sandusky, Ohio, 2012
© Alec Soth
前一張照片是1997年我在明尼蘇達州的一個單身舞會上拍攝的。第二張照片是2012年在俄亥俄州的一個交誼舞課堂上拍攝的。這兩個男人都叫做 Bill（第二個男人的名字拼寫只有一個L）。兩張照片都會在這次展覽中展出。
The first picture was made at a singles' dance in Minnesota in 1997. The second was made at a ballroom dance class in Ohio in 2012. Both men are named Bill (though the second one only spells it with one 'L'.) Both pictures are in my upcoming exhibition, "The Space Between Us" opening on August 1 at the Shanghai Center Of Photography.
「遺珠之憾」成了索斯最喜歡的照片之一
The Last Days of W
Chula Vista, California, 2008
© Alec Soth
索斯在中國為《英國每日電訊》拍攝的照片
就像我自己出版的 Zine《W 的最後時日》（The Last Days of W）中大多數照片一樣，這張照片一開始是為了一本雜誌而拍攝。2008年，《英國每日電訊》委託我和作家 Mick Brown 環遊中美兩國，為一個名為「鷹與龍」（The Eagle & The Dragon）的四期專題進行拍攝。最後一期，Mick 和我去了位於加利福尼亞丘拉維斯塔的奧運訓練中心（這張照片拍攝的地方），也來到了中國與2008年北京奧運會相關的許多地點。
就像為雜誌拍攝時常出現的情況，我最喜歡的照片沒有被刊登。但是同《W 的最後時日》這個系列一起，這張照片會在我即將於上海攝影中心舉行的展覽中重點展示。
Like most of the photographs from my self-published zine, 「The Last Days of W,」 this one was originally made on a magazine assignment. In 2008, the Telegraph Magazine commissioned the writer Mick Brown and me to travel around the US and China for a four-part series entitled 「The Eagle & The Dragon.」 For the final issue, Mick and a I traveled to the US Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, California (where this picture was taken) and to various sites in China connected to the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
As is often the case with magazine jobs, my favorite photograph wasn’t published. But along with it incorporating it into 「The Last Days of W,」 this picture will be prominently displayed in my upcoming show at the Shanghai Center Of Photography.
一張照片背後總有千絲萬縷的聯繫
I Know How Furiously Your Heart Is Beating
Vince. New York City, 2018
© Alec Soth
Peter Hujar 書中評論家 Vince Aletti 年輕時的肖像
我在2018年拍攝了這幅評論家 Vince Aletti 的肖像作品。Vince 身後的牆上掛著一張他朋友 Peter Hujar 拍的照片，而 Hujar 在他的第一本書《Portraits in Life and Death》 (1976) 中收錄了一張 Vince 的肖像。
Hujar 對我的新書《我知道你的心跳有多劇烈》產生了的很重要的影響。這張照片和這個系列的許多其他作品都將在上海攝影中心我的個展中展出。
This is my 2018 portrait of the critic Vince Aletti. On the wall behind Vince hangs a photograph by his friend Peter Hujar. Hujar included a portrait of Aletti in his first book, "Portraits in Life and Death" (1976).
Hujar was the primary influence for my most recent book, "I Know How Furiously Your Heart Is Beating." This image and many others from that series will be included in my upcoming show at the Shanghai Center Of Photography.
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原標題：《展覽倒計時第5天 | 埃裡克·索斯分享了他作品背後鮮為人知的創作故事》
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