Alec Soth
(American, born 1969)
Biography
Alec Soth is a leading contemporary photographer, widely recognized for documenting American social and geographic landscapes. Drawing inspiration from Depression-era photographers such as Walker Evans and Dorothea Lange, Soth is best known for his project-based work on what he calls “the big middle”—the American Midwest. Born in 1969 in Minneapolis, MN where he is still based, Soth studied at Sarah Lawrence College. He catapulted to fame when one of the photographs from his self-published book, Sleeping by the Mississippi, was used as a poster for the 2004 Whitney Biennial. He subsequently published several critically acclaimed photobooks, including Niagara and Broken Manual. His photography has since been featured in The New York Times Magazine and Newsweek, and is found the collections of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, and the Minneapolis Institute of Art, among others. In 2008, Soth founded Little Brown Mushroom, a small arts institute and publishing house in St. Paul, MN, through which he collaborates with writers and other photographers to publish books and magazines.
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Alec Soth
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English (US)
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