Alec Soth: I Know How Furiously Your Heart Is Beating

Taking its name from a line in Wallace Stevens’s poem “The Gray Room,” this body of work investigates the possibilities and limitations of what photographs can convey about the inner lives of their subjects. Intimate and quiet, the images reveal something otherwise unknowable about both the sitter and the photographer.

A photograph of a young man lying on a bed, as seen through a partially open sliding door. Pink flowers on the left.

A photograph of an electronic organ, with sheet music turned to the song Little Red Corvette.

Color photograph of a woman dressed in yellow standing in an empty white room

A photograph of a painting against a faded, cracked wall.

Color photograph of two people reclining on a bed

Color photograph through a doorway of a brick walled garden with a table and chair

A framed photograph of a person in a chair in the corner of a room with transparent white curtains

Color photograph of a vase of tulips on an end table in the corner of a room

A photograph of an elderly woman looking at herself in the mirror, with three reflections.

Color photograph of a man standing in his underwear in a white bedroom with various wigs on the floor

Color photograph through a window of flowering plants and rooftops beyond.

A photograph of a woman, blurred by movement, arranging stones in a circle on a table

Color photograph through a doorway of two young women in long white dresses looking in.

Color photograph of a lamp standing in front of an oversized book of flower illustrations.

Alec Soth: I Know How Furiously Your Heart Is Beating

Taking its name from a line in Wallace Stevens’s poem “The Gray Room,” this body of work investigates the possibilities and limitations of what photographs can convey about the inner lives of their subjects. Intimate and quiet, the images reveal something otherwise unknowable about both the sitter and the photographer.

A photograph of a young man lying on a bed, as seen through a partially open sliding door. Pink flowers on the left. — Alec Soth, Nick. Los Angeles., 2017

pigment print, 39-3/4 x 49-3/4 inches (image & sheet) [101 x 126.4 cm], edition of 9

A photograph of an electronic organ, with sheet music turned to the song Little Red Corvette. — Alec Soth, Little Red Corvette. Minneapolis., 2018

pigment print, 23-1/2 x 29-5/8 inches (image & sheet) [59.7 x 75.2 cm], edition of 9

Color photograph of a woman dressed in yellow standing in an empty white room — Alec Soth, Yuko, Berlin., 2018

pigment print, 49-3/4 x 39-3/4 inches (image & sheet) [126.4 x 101 cm], edition of 9

A photograph of a painting against a faded, cracked wall. — Alec Soth, Painting. New Orleans., 2018

pigment print, 29-3/4 x 23-3/4 inches (image & sheet) [75.6 x 60.3 cm], edition of 9

Color photograph of two people reclining on a bed — Alec Soth, Sonya and Dombrovsky. Odessa., 2018

pigment print, 31-3/4 x 39-3/4 inches (image & sheet) [80.7 x 101 cm], edition of 9

Color photograph through a doorway of a brick walled garden with a table and chair — Alec Soth, Véronique’s View. Toulouse., 2018

pigment print, 31-3/4 x 39-3/4 inches (image & sheet) [80.7 x 101 cm], edition of 9

A framed photograph of a person in a chair in the corner of a room with transparent white curtains — Alec Soth, Keni. New Orleans., 2018

pigment print, 49-3/4 x 39-3/4 inches (image & sheet) [126.4 x 101 cm], edition of 9

Color photograph of a vase of tulips on an end table in the corner of a room — Alec Soth, Emily’s Flowers. Brooklyn., 2018

pigment print, 29-3/4 x 23-3/4 inches (image & sheet) [75.6 x 60.3 cm], edition of 9

A photograph of an elderly woman looking at herself in the mirror, with three reflections. — Alec Soth, Galina. Odessa., 2018

pigment print, 39-3/4 x 31-3/4 inches (image & sheet) [101 x 80.7 cm], edition of 9

Color photograph of a man standing in his underwear in a white bedroom with various wigs on the floor — Alec Soth, Leon. Berlin., 2018

pigment print, 31-3/4 x 39-3/4 inches (image & sheet) [80.7 x 101 cm], edition of 9

Color photograph through a window of flowering plants and rooftops beyond. — Alec Soth, Susanne’s View. London., 2018

pigment print, 39-3/4 x 31-3/4 inches (image & sheet) [101 x 80.7 cm], edition of 9

A photograph of a woman, blurred by movement, arranging stones in a circle on a table — Alec Soth, Simone. Los Angeles., 2017

pigment print, 23-3/4 x 29-3/4 inches (image & sheet) [60.3 x 75.6 cm], edition of 9

Color photograph through a doorway of two young women in long white dresses looking in. — Alec Soth, Leyla and Sabine. New Orleans., 2018

pigment print, 39-3/4 x 31-3/4 inches (image & sheet) [101 x 80.7 cm], edition of 9

Color photograph of a lamp standing in front of an oversized book of flower illustrations. — Alec Soth, Birds of America. Minneapolis., 2018

pigment print, 49-3/4 x 39-3/4 inches (image & sheet) [126.4 x 101 cm], edition of 9

A photograph of a young man lying on a bed, as seen through a partially open sliding door. Pink flowers on the left.

Alec SothNick. Los Angeles.

2017

pigment print, 39-3/4 x 49-3/4 inches (image & sheet) [101 x 126.4 cm], edition of 9

A photograph of an electronic organ, with sheet music turned to the song Little Red Corvette.

Alec SothLittle Red Corvette. Minneapolis.

2018

pigment print, 23-1/2 x 29-5/8 inches (image & sheet) [59.7 x 75.2 cm], edition of 9

Color photograph of a woman dressed in yellow standing in an empty white room

Alec SothYuko, Berlin.

2018

pigment print, 49-3/4 x 39-3/4 inches (image & sheet) [126.4 x 101 cm], edition of 9

A photograph of a painting against a faded, cracked wall.

Alec SothPainting. New Orleans.

2018

pigment print, 29-3/4 x 23-3/4 inches (image & sheet) [75.6 x 60.3 cm], edition of 9

Color photograph of two people reclining on a bed

Alec SothSonya and Dombrovsky. Odessa.

2018

pigment print, 31-3/4 x 39-3/4 inches (image & sheet) [80.7 x 101 cm], edition of 9

Color photograph through a doorway of a brick walled garden with a table and chair

Alec SothVéronique’s View. Toulouse.

2018

pigment print, 31-3/4 x 39-3/4 inches (image & sheet) [80.7 x 101 cm], edition of 9

A framed photograph of a person in a chair in the corner of a room with transparent white curtains

Alec SothKeni. New Orleans.

2018

pigment print, 49-3/4 x 39-3/4 inches (image & sheet) [126.4 x 101 cm], edition of 9

Color photograph of a vase of tulips on an end table in the corner of a room

Alec SothEmily’s Flowers. Brooklyn.

2018

pigment print, 29-3/4 x 23-3/4 inches (image & sheet) [75.6 x 60.3 cm], edition of 9

A photograph of an elderly woman looking at herself in the mirror, with three reflections.

Alec SothGalina. Odessa.

2018

pigment print, 39-3/4 x 31-3/4 inches (image & sheet) [101 x 80.7 cm], edition of 9

Color photograph of a man standing in his underwear in a white bedroom with various wigs on the floor

Alec SothLeon. Berlin.

2018

pigment print, 31-3/4 x 39-3/4 inches (image & sheet) [80.7 x 101 cm], edition of 9

Color photograph through a window of flowering plants and rooftops beyond.

Alec SothSusanne’s View. London.

2018

pigment print, 39-3/4 x 31-3/4 inches (image & sheet) [101 x 80.7 cm], edition of 9

A photograph of a woman, blurred by movement, arranging stones in a circle on a table

Alec SothSimone. Los Angeles.

2017

pigment print, 23-3/4 x 29-3/4 inches (image & sheet) [60.3 x 75.6 cm], edition of 9

Color photograph through a doorway of two young women in long white dresses looking in.

Alec SothLeyla and Sabine. New Orleans.

2018

pigment print, 39-3/4 x 31-3/4 inches (image & sheet) [101 x 80.7 cm], edition of 9

Color photograph of a lamp standing in front of an oversized book of flower illustrations.

Alec SothBirds of America. Minneapolis.

2018

pigment print, 49-3/4 x 39-3/4 inches (image & sheet) [126.4 x 101 cm], edition of 9