Alec Soth: Gathered Leaves

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Celebrated American photographer Alec Soth "didn't take much interest" in his chosen medium until he enrolled in a photo class in college. "I began by making night pictures," he tells AnOther. "I was already aware of Robert Adams and his book Summer Nights, Walking and I was mimicking that way of photographing, just wandering around in the dark. During that time, I made this picture of a basketball hoop at night. Now it seems very clichéd but at the time it felt…