Alec Soth - Sleeping by the Mississippi“Evolving from a series...

Peter's Houseboat, Winona, Minnesota 2002


Bible Study Book (Prophet in the Wilderness), Vicksburg, Mississippi 2002


Saint Genevieve, Missouri 2002


Hickman, Kentucky 2002


Green Island, Iowa 2002


Dallas City, Illinois 2002


Memorial, New Orleans, Louisiana 2002


Home, Treasure Island Casino, Red Wing, Minnesota 2000


New Orleans, Louisiana 2002


Venice, Louisiana 2003

Alec Soth - Sleeping by the Mississippi

“Evolving from a series of road trips along the Mississippi River, Sleeping by the Mississippi captures America’s iconic yet oft-neglected ‘third coast’. Soth’s richly descriptive, large-format colour 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 in the original essay published in the book, ‘Soth alludes to illness, procreation, race, crime, learning, art, music, death, religion, redemption, politics, and cheap sex.’” [via Mack]

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