Niagara (Signed First Edition)

SOTH, Alec, Philip Brookman and Richard Ford

ISBN 10: 3865212336 / ISBN 13: 9783865212337

Published by Steidl, Gottingen, Germany, 2006

About this Item

First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 144 pages. The brilliant second book from Soth whose first book, "Sleeping by The Mississippi" is widely considered one of the best photo books of the last 25 years. Features essays by Philip Brookman and Richard Ford. Illustrated throughout with 50 color photographs. A fine copy in embossed boards with a color image mounted to the front cover No dust jacket as issued. Signed by Soth on the title page.

Seller Inventory # 212991

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Niagara (Signed First Edition)
• Publisher: Steidl, Gottingen, Germany
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3865212336
• ISBN 13: 9783865212337
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Weight: 3.5 pounds
• Signed: Signed
• Seller catalogs:
  • Photography

About this title

Synopsis

By way of follow-up to his critically acclaimed debut monograph Sleeping by the Mississippi, Alec Soth turns his eye to another iconic body of water, Niagara Falls. And as with his photographs of the Mississippi, these images are less about natural wonder than human desire. "I went to Niagara for the same reason as the honeymooners and suicide jumpers," says Soth, "the relentless thunder of the Falls just calls for big passion." The subject may be hot, but the pictures are quiet, the rigorously composed and richly detailed products of a large-format 8x10 camera. Working over the course of two years on both the American and Canadian sides of the Falls, Soth edited the results of his labors down to a tight and surprising album. He depicts newlyweds and naked lovers, motel parking lots, pawnshop wedding rings and love letters from the subjects he photographed. We read about teenage crushes, workplace affairs, heartbreak and suicide. Oscar Wilde wrote, "The sight of the stupendous waterfall must be one of the earliest, if not the keenest, disappointments in American married life." Niagara brings viewers both the passion and the disappointment--a remarkable portrayal of modern love and its aftermath.

About the Author

Alec Soth, born 1969, is a photographer living in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His photographs are in major public and private collections, including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Museum of Fine Arts Houston and the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. Soth's work has been featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions, including the 2004 Whitney and Sao Paulo Biennials. He has received fellowships from the McKnight and Jerome Foundations and was the recipient of the 2003 Santa Fe Prize for Photography. Steidl published his first book, Sleeping by the Mississippi, in 2004. He is a member of the Magnum agency. Philip Brookman is Senior Curator of Photography and Media Arts at the Cocoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C..