"Either Dusk or Dawn": An Interview with Alec Soth

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Alec Soth unveiled The Last Days of W., his first foray into self-publishing, at Paris Photo this fall. A collection of images he’s created over the last eight years, the 48-page artist’s book was printed on newsprint and priced at $17 in what he says was a nod to the current economic crisis. Soth also made a limited edition, which includes a signed placemat made from a photograph he took of the President’s empty chair and desk in the Oval Office.

Check it out here.