{"type":"link","asset_type":"article","version":"1.0","cache_age":3600,"provider_name":"CANVAS Arts","provider_url":"https:\/\/artscanvas.org","title":"Why this photographer almost gave up his art","publication_date":"August 09, 2019","summary":"For an entire year, Alec Soth put away his beloved large-format camera and spent much of his time hanging out in a remote, dilapidated farmhouse in rural Minnesota contemplating what role art would play in his future, if any. ","author_name":"By Brennan Vance, Twin Cities PBS","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/cdn.artscanvas.org\/static\/2019\/08\/soth3-1024x576.jpg","thumbnail_height":576,"thumbnail_width":1024}