Alec Soth: Sleeping by the Mississippi (signed in store)

Sleeping by the Mississippi by Alec Soth is one of the defining publications in the photobook era. 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. This MACK edition launches to coincide with the first exhibition in London dedicated to the series at Beetles+Huxley gallery, and includes two new photographs that were not included in the previous versions of the book.

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.’

Copies will be signed by Alec Soth in store.

Title: Sleeping by the Mississippi, first Mack edition second printing
Publisher: Mack, 2017
Author: Alec Soth
Photographer: Alec Soth, Patricia Hampl, Anne Wilkes Tucker
Graphic Design: -
Format: Hardcover
Size: 27.5 x 28 cm, 120 pages
ISBN: 9781910164891
Edition: -