{"title":"Modern Classics","description":"\u003cp\u003eBooks that transcend time itself (in our opinion)\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"some-say-ice","title":"Some Say Ice","description":"\u003ch3 class=\"p1\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSome Say Ice\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAlessandra Sanguinetti \u003cbr\u003eMack \u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eFirst edition, second printing\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eBuckram hardcover with tip-ins front and back\u003cbr\u003e28.5 x 30.5 cm, 148 pages\u003cbr\u003eISBN 978-1-913620-71-4\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eSome Say Ice is an incredible projects and one of our favorite photobooks of recent memory. Alessandra’s photography is a North Star for us in our own work and we think this is a title every photographer should have in their library. The images were made in a small town in central Wisconsin, which adds a nice Midwestern connection as well.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eFrom Mack: Since 2014, Alessandra Sanguinetti has been returning to the small town of Black River Falls in Wisconsin, creating the photographs that would come to form the stark and elliptical series \u003ci\u003eSome Say Ice\u003c\/i\u003e. The same town is the subject of \u003ci\u003eWisconsin Death Trip\u003c\/i\u003e, a book of photographs taken by Charles Van Schaick in the late 1800s documenting the bleak hardships of the lives and deaths of its inhabitants. Sanguinetti first came across this book as a child, and the experience is engraved into her memory as her first reckoning with mortality. This encounter eventually led her to explore the strange relationship of photography and death, and ultimately to make her own visits to Black River Falls.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe austere, sculptural scenes and ambiguous, uneasy portraits that make up \u003ci\u003eSome Say Ice \u003c\/i\u003edepict a place almost outside of time. Presented unadorned by text or explication, the photographs are touched with the spirit of the gothic as well as the unmistakable tenderness familiar from Sanguinetti’s series \u003ci\u003eThe Adventures of Guille and Belinda\u003c\/i\u003e. By bringing undercurrents of doubt and darkness to the surface of her images, Sanguinetti alludes to things absent or invisible, playing on atmospheres both real and imagined, as well as the ghostly possibility of undoing death through the act of photography. With its title inspired by Robert Frost’s famous poem equivocating on how best one’s inevitable death might be met, \u003ci\u003eSome Say Ice \u003c\/i\u003eis a humane look at the melancholic realities underpinning our lives, seen with glacial clarity by one of the world’s foremost photographers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mack","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44794157269049,"sku":"1-0001","price":85.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0742\/9878\/5849\/files\/2025_06_14_REALM_1235_SomeSayIceCU.jpg?v=1755458405"},{"product_id":"sleeping-by-the-mississippi","title":"Sleeping by the Mississippi","description":"\u003ch3 class=\"p1\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSleeping by the Mississippi\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/alecsoth.com\/photography\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAlec Soth\u003c\/a\u003e \u003cbr\u003eMack Books \u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003ePrinted linen embossed hardback \u003cbr\u003e28 x 27.5 cm \u003cbr\u003e120 pages \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eSecond edition, second printing \u003cbr\u003eSeptember 2020 \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eISBN: 978-1-910164-89-1 \u003cbr\u003e$60 \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eSleeping by the Mississippi \u003c\/i\u003eby Alec Soth is one of the defining publications in the photobook era. First published by Steidl in 2004, it was Soth’s first book, sold through three print runs, and established him as one of the leading lights of contemporary photographic practice. This is the second printing of the MACK edition and includes two new photographs that were not included in the Steidl versions of the book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eEvolving from a series of road trips along the Mississippi River, \u003ci\u003eSleeping by the Mississippi\u003c\/i\u003e captures America’s iconic yet oft-neglected ‘third coast’. Soth’s richly descriptive, large-format colour photographs present an eclectic mix of individuals, landscapes, and interiors. Sensuous in detail and raw in subject, \u003ci\u003eSleeping by the Mississippi\u003c\/i\u003e elicits a consistent mood of loneliness, longing, and reverie. ‘In the book’s 46 ruthlessly edited pictures’, writes Anne Wilkes Tucker in the original essay published in the book, ‘Soth alludes to illness, procreation, race, crime, learning, art, music, death, religion, redemption, politics, and cheap sex.’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eLike Robert Frank’s classic \u003ci\u003eThe Americans\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSleeping by the Mississippi\u003c\/i\u003e merges a documentary style with poetic sensibility. The Mississippi is less the subject of the book than its organizing structure. Not bound by a rigid concept or ideology, the series is created out of a quintessentially American spirit of wanderlust. Sixteen years since the book was first published, the artist’s lyrical view has undoubtedly acquired a nuanced significance – one in which hope, fear, desire and regret coalesce in the evocative journey along this mythic river.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mack","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44846964375609,"sku":"1-0031","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0742\/9878\/5849\/files\/2025_09_05_REALM_0185_SleepingbytheMississippiCU.jpg?v=1757173652"},{"product_id":"songbook","title":"Songbook","description":"\u003ch3 class=\"p1\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSongbook\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"Songbook%20Alec%20Soth%20Mack%20%20First%20edition,%20fourth%20printing%20Embossed%20hardback%2028.5%20x%2027.3%20cm%20144%20pages,%2075%20tritone%20plates%20%20April%202022%20%20ISBN:%20978-1-910164-02-0%20$60%20%20%20From%20Mack:%20%E2%80%9CThis%20is%20the%20closest%20we%20have%20to%20an%20Americans%20for%20our%20time...%20CAPOLAVORO!...%20already%20hailed%20critically%20as%20a%20classic...%20One%20of%20the%20best%20photo%20books%20in%20a%20lonnnnng%20time%E2%80%9D%C2%A0%20%20Known%20for%20his%20haunting%20portraits%20of%20solitary%20Americans%20in%C2%A0Sleeping%20by%20the%20Mississippi%C2%A0and%C2%A0Broken%20Manual,%20Alec%20Soth%20has%20recently%20turned%20his%20lens%20toward%20community%20life%20in%20the%20country.%20To%20aid%20in%20his%20search,%20Soth%20assumed%20the%20increasingly%20obsolescent%20role%20of%20community%20newspaper%20reporter.%20From%202012-2014,%20Soth%20traveled%20state%20by%20state%20while%20working%20on%20his%20self-published%20newspaper,%C2%A0The%20LBM%20Dispatch,%20as%20well%20as%20on%20assignment%20for%20the%C2%A0New%20York%20Times%C2%A0and%20others.%20From%20upstate%20New%20York%20to%20Silicon%20Valley,%20Soth%20attended%20hundreds%20of%20meetings,%20dances,%20festivals%20and%20communal%20gatherings%20in%20search%20of%20human%20interaction%20in%20an%20era%20of%20virtual%20social%20networks.%20With%C2%A0Songbook,%20Soth%20has%20stripped%20these%20pictures%20of%20their%20news%20context%20in%20order%20to%20highlight%20the%20longing%20for%20connection%20at%20their%20root.%20Fragmentary,%20funny%20and%20sad,%C2%A0Songbook%C2%A0is%20a%20lyrical%20depiction%20of%20the%20tension%20between%20American%20individualism%20and%20the%20desire%20to%20be%20united.\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAlec Soth\u003c\/a\u003e \u003cbr\u003eMack \u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eFirst edition, fourth printing\u003cbr\u003eEmbossed hardback\u003cbr\u003e28.5 x 27.3 cm\u003cbr\u003e144 pages, 75 tritone plates\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eApril 2022\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eISBN: 978-1-910164-02-0\u003cbr\u003e$65\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eFrom Mack: “This is the closest we have to an Americans for our time... CAPOLAVORO!... already hailed critically as a classic... One of the best photo books in a lonnnnng time” \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eKnown for his haunting portraits of solitary Americans in \u003ci\u003eSleeping by the Mississippi\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBroken Manual\u003c\/i\u003e, Alec Soth has recently turned his lens toward community life in the country. To aid in his search, Soth assumed the increasingly obsolescent role of community newspaper reporter. From 2012-2014, Soth traveled state by state while working on his self-published newspaper, \u003ci\u003eThe LBM Dispatch\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as on assignment for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and others. From upstate New York to Silicon Valley, Soth attended hundreds of meetings, dances, festivals and communal gatherings in search of human interaction in an era of virtual social networks. With \u003ci\u003eSongbook\u003c\/i\u003e, Soth has stripped these pictures of their news context in order to highlight the longing for connection at their root. Fragmentary, funny and sad, \u003ci\u003eSongbook\u003c\/i\u003e is a lyrical depiction of the tension between American individualism and the desire to be united.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mack","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44884627456057,"sku":"1-0052","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0742\/9878\/5849\/files\/2025_09_08_REALM_3828_Songbook_CU.jpg?v=1758914901"},{"product_id":"joel-meyerowitz-cape-light","title":"Joel Meyerowitz: Cape Light","description":"\u003ch3 class=\"p1\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eJoel Meyerowitz: Cape Light\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003eJoel Meyerowitz \u003cbr\u003eAperture \u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eHardback\u003cbr\u003e112 pages\u003cbr\u003e40 images\u003cbr\u003e11.9 x 10 x 0.75 inches\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781597116145\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"p1\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe fiftieth anniversary edition of a timeless photobook by Joel Meyerowitz.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eCape Light\u003c\/i\u003e, Joel Meyerowitz’s series of serene and contemplative color photographs taken on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, quickly became one of the most influential and popular photography books in the latter part of the twentieth century at its publication in 1978, breaking new ground both for color photography and for the medium’s acceptance into the art world. 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Meyerowitz is a contemporary master of color photography, and through his eyes small-town life on the Cape is imbued with a powerful and captivating beauty.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Aperture","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46388701397049,"sku":"1-0168","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0742\/9878\/5849\/files\/1787762151992_original.jpg?v=1787840983"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.realmbooks.co\/collections\/modern-classics.oembed","provider":"Realm Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}