Alec Soth also publishes the men’s magazine “Lonely Boy Mag”, which combines erotic poetry with photo-stories.

The first issue was published in March 2011, in an edition of 1000 by Little Brown Mushroom Books, titled “No. A-1: Alec Soth’s Midwestern Exotica”.

It includes two photo series, “Starling” and “Single Goth”, by Alec Soth himself, the tale “Emilie Comes to Me in a Dream” by Jindřich Štyrský, and a series of ex-girlfriends photographs from the collection of LBM.

Lonely Boy Mag. (No. A-1: Alec Soth’s Midwestern Exotica), 2011, LBM

Lonely Boy Mag. (No. A-1: Alec Soth’s Midwestern Exotica), 2011, LBM

Lonely Boy Mag. (No. A-1: Alec Soth’s Midwestern Exotica), 2011, LBM

Lonely Boy Mag. (No. A-1: Alec Soth’s Midwestern Exotica), 2011, LBM

Lonely Boy Mag. (No. A-1: Alec Soth’s Midwestern Exotica), 2011, LBM

The second issue, “No. A-2: Boys and Their Cars”, features text and photographs by Todd Hido, Alec Soth, Chad States and erotic dioramas by Peter Davidson. It was published in June 2011, also in an edition of 1000.

Alec Soth’s work in the magazine, “The Most Beautiful Woman in Georgia”, is a pendant to his series “The Loneliest Man in Missouri”, which comes together with the book “From here to there: Alec Soth’s America”.

You can still get No.1 and No.2 of the “Lonely Boy Mag” directly at LBM.

Lonely Boy Mag. (No. A-2: Boys and Their Cars), 2011, LBM

Lonely Boy Mag. (No. A-2: Boys and Their Cars), 2011, LBM

Lonely Boy Mag. (No. A-2: Boys and Their Cars), 2011, LBM

Lonely Boy Mag. (No. A-2: Boys and Their Cars), 2011, LBM

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