Photographer Alec Soth received International honors in 2004 with his images of life on the Mississippi which became the hit of the Whitney Biennial in New York. That same year, his book, Sleeping by the Mississippi was published to widespread acclaim. “Shot over a period of five years, Sleeping by the Mississippi is a trip along America’s ‘Forgotten Coast’, the neglected bank’s of the country’s longest river.” Soth captures landscapes, interiors and portraits, alluding to religion, race crime, sex and death. He vividly exposes lost hope, loneliness and underlying dreams of the people he meets and photographs.

This series has been ranked with the greatest representations of the United States, including Walker Evan’s photos of the depression and Robert Frank’s harsh vision of the 1950’s.

Bonnie (with a photograph of an angel), Port Gibson, Mississippi 2000

Sugar’s, Davenport, Iowa 2002

Mother and Daughter, Davenport, Iowa 2002

Reverend Cecil and Felicia, Saint Louis, Missouri 2002

Lenny, Minneapolis, Minnesota 2002

Fort Jefferson Memorial Cross, Wickliffe, Kentucky 2002

Charles, Vasa, Minnesota 2002

Green Island, Iowa 2002

Sunshine, Memphis, Tennessee 2000

Shotgun Lounge, Greenville, Mississippi 2002

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