SLEEPING BY THE MISSISSIPPI, by Alec Soth, NEW
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"SLEEPING BY THE MISSISSIPPI" Photography by Alec SothPublished by Steidl & Partners, Gottingen, 2004Alec Soth takes us on the ultimate road trip, meandering along the Mississippi River and allowing curiosity alone to be our guide. We experience the Artist's sense of solitary restlessness, constantly searching for the next scene. His fantastic color images range from melancholy to surreal, funny to frightening - they are almost like stills from a strange and beautiful movie, with incredible characters that we instantly know and feel compassion for. The title of the book is a reference to the recurring appearance of beds throughout; sleeping areas that describe to us their inhabitants and the rich inner lives they lead. Soth places all this contextual information before us and allows us to weave the threads together to create our own story of America.In "The Photobook: A History Vol. II" Gerry Badger observes:"If we can talk about a France profond, the rural heart of the country, there is perhaps an American profond. And if the country has a heartbeat, it has a main artery: the mighty Mississippi. Soth has trawled the river from source to mouth to make the images included in 'Sleeping by the Mississippi,' a book that has made a memorable recent contribution to the 8 x 10 color aesthetic... [it] is a poetic and dark book, full of quiet, lyrical and poignant pictures that touch us more deeply with every viewing."FROM THE PUBLISHER: "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 describe an eclectic mix of individuals, landscapes, and interiors. Sensuous in detail and raw in subject, his book elicits a consistent mood of loneliness, longing and reverie. 'In the book’s forty-six ruthlessly edited pictures,' writes Anne Wilkes Tucker, 'Soth alludes to illness, procreation, race, crime, learning, art, music, death, religion, redemption, politics, and cheap sex… The coherence of the project places Soth's book exactly within the tradition of Walker Evans' 'American Photographs' and Robert Frank’s 'The Americans.'"Like Frank's classic book, 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.This is a FIRST EDITION of Sleeping by the Mississippi by Alec Soth, offered here in NEW condition. It is a clothbound hardcover book with pictorial boards, stamped with the title and Artist's name in black. No dust jacket, as issued. Features essays by Patricia Hampl and Anne Wilkes Tucker. The book measures 11 x 11 ½ inches and has120 pages with 46 color plates. This title is IN STOCK.PAYMENT DETAILS Please use the shipping calculator to determine your shipping costs for US addresses International shipping is available I will only accept PayPal, personal checks, and money orders (bank, post office). Payment MUST be received within three business days of the purchase, or the item will be re-listed unless other arrangements have been approved. I will ship by USPS Priority/Express Mail, or FedEx, with REQUIRED shipping Insurance, and Delivery/Signature Confirmation, unless otherwise stated in the auction. International purchases are welcome. I will ONLY ship by USPS Express/Priority Service or FedEx International Service, which have on-line tracking and some insurance, however, the shipment will be fully insured. Buyer is responsible for any import taxes or duty associated with this purchase. UNDERSTAND that there is no warranty for international shipments once the package leaves the United States. Insurance is therefore required. As always, if you have any questions about this item, or this auction, please contact me BEFORE you purchase this item. All sales are final unless tracking and/or full insurance is purchased.
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