Sleeping by the Mississippi

Alec Soth

ISBN 10: 3865210074 / ISBN 13: 9783865210074

Published by Steidl Verlag, 2004

About this Item

Some yellowing of the edges of pages. First published by Steidl in 2004, it was Soth s first book, sold through three editions, and established him as one of the leading lights of contemporary photographic practice. Evolving from a series of road trips along the Mississippi River, Sleeping by the Mississippi captures America s iconic yet oft-neglected third coast .

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Sleeping by the Mississippi
• Publisher: Steidl Verlag
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3865210074
• ISBN 13: 9783865210074
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • RARE

About this title

Synopsis

Evolving from a series of road trips along the Mississippi River, Alec Soth's Sleeping by the Mississippi captures America's iconic yet oft-neglected "third coast." Soth's richly descriptive, large-format color photographs present an eclectic mix of individuals, landscapes, and interiors. Sensuous in detail and raw in subject, Sleeping by the Mississippi elicits a consistent mood of loneliness, longing, and reverie. "In the book's 46 ruthlessly edited pictures," writes Anne Wilkes Tucker, "Soth alludes to illness, procreation, race, crime, learning, art, music, death, religion, redemption, politics, and cheap sex." Like Robert Frank's classic The Americans, Sleeping by the Mississippi merges a documentary style with a 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.

About the Author

Alec Soth was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1969, where he still lives, works and teaches at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. He has received fellowships from the McKnight and Jerome Foundations and was the recipient of the 2003 Santa Fe Prize for Photography. His photographs are in major public and private collections, including the Los Angeles County Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, and the Walker Art Center.