Ordinary Space

Alec Soth, "New Orleans, LA," 2002.

The exhibit From Here to There: Alec Soth's America, at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis until January 2, features over a hundred photographs of ordinary, eccentric Americans from all over the country. But this is the one that grabbed me. I love how understated it is, especially next to its neighbors, the large-format men and women staring straight at the camera. This subject, and this photograph, is more discreet: this woman looks back at us through...