Alec Soth
Sleeping by the Mississippi

This is Alec Soth first book.

Steidl Verlag, Göttingen 2008

Third and last Steidl edition

ISBN: 9783865217530 ( the first printing was published by Steidl with another photographic cover in 2004 ).

Hardcover, grey clothbound with a tipped-in image. Title in black on spine. No dust jacket as issued.

120 p. with 46 full page color plates.

The Mississippi is less the subject of the book than its organizing structure.

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 coasts ».

Alec Soth describe an ecclectic mix of individuals, landscapes, and interiors.

With an essay by Patricia Hampl and Anne Wilkes Tucker.

28,5 X 27,5 cm

Condition: near fine, in perfect condition .
120 €