Title: Sleeping by the Mississippi /
Authors: Soth, Alec, 1969-; Hampl, Patricia, 1946-; Tucker, Anne; Steidl Verlag
Publisher: Steidl,
Year: 2004
Subjects: Soth, Alec,; Photography, Artistic; Photography, Artistic; Mississippi River Pictorial works.; Mississippi River Valley Social life and customs Pictorial works.
Abstract: "Soths̕ richly descriptive, large format color photographs describe an eclectic mix of individuals, landscapes, and interiors ... In the books̕ forty-six ... pictures ... [Soth] 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"--Http://www.steidlville.com.
Contents: The following is from Photography Books, catalog 6 by Christian A. Peterson: -- 2006 ed. "This is the second edition, identical to the first except for the cover, which pictures a man in a flight suit holding two model airplanes. The subject here was Charles, an affable eccentric who Soth posed outdoors in the winter on a roof. The colophon mistakenly indicates that this is the first edition." -- 2008 ed. "The third edition, which is correctly identified, with the cover showing two men with their car, fishing from a dirt-road bridge, photographed in Wickliffe, Kentucky."