Alec Soth discusses the pivotal role that informational gaps play in our appreciation of photographs. Books discussed are:
Recollections Recreations by Hollis Frampton (1984)
The Night Albums by Kate Palmer Albers (2021)
Evidence by Mike Mandel and Larry Sultan (2007)
Japanese Photobooks of the 1960's and '70s (2009)
Chizu by Kikuji Kawada (2021)
Also discussed is Nostalgia, a film by Hollis Frampton (1971)
For more information about Kikuji Kawada and The Map (Chizu), watch this documentary: https://vimeo.com/408239704