Niagara (Signed First Edition)

SOTH, Alec & Philip Brookman and Richard Ford

ISBN 10: 3865212336 / ISBN 13: 9783865212337

Edité par Steidl, Gottingen, Germany, 2006

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First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 144 pages. The brilliant second book from Soth whose first book, "Sleeping by The Mississippi" is widely considered one of the best photo books of the last 25 years. Features essays by Philip Brookman and Richard Ford. Illustrated throughout with 50 color photographs. A fine copy in embossed boards with a color image mounted to the front cover No dust jacket as issued. Boldly signed by Soth on the title page.

N° de réf. du vendeur 183722

Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Niagara (Signed First Edition)
• Éditeur: Steidl, Gottingen, Germany
• Date de parution: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 3865212336
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9783865212337
• Reliure: Couverture rigide
• Édition: Edition originale
• Signé: Signé par l'auteur
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Photography

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Synopsis

In the follow-up to his critically acclaimed debut monograph "Sleeping by the Mississippi", Alec Soth turns his eye to another iconic body of water, Niagara Falls. But, as with his photographs of the Mississippi, Soth's pictures of Niagara are less about natural wonder than human desire. "I went to Niagara for the same reason as the honeymooners and suicide jumpers," says Soth, "the relentless thunder of the Falls just calls for big passion." While the subject may be hot, these are quiet pictures. Using a large-format 8X10 camera, the photographs are rigorously composed and richly detailed. Working over the course of two years on both the American and Canadian sides of the Falls, the editing is tight and surprising. Soth depicts newlyweds and naked lovers, motel parking lots and pawn shop wedding rings. Throughout the book, Soth also includes a number of love letters from the subjects he photographed. We read about teenage crushes, workplace affairs, heartbreak and suicide. Oscar Wilde wrote of the Falls, "The sight of the stupendous waterfall must be one of the earliest, if not the keenest, disappointments in American married life." In Soth's Niagara, we see both the passion and the disappointment. His pictures are a remarkable portrayal of modern love and it's aftermath.

À propos de l?auteur

Alec Soth, born 1969, is a photographer living in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His photographs are in major public and private collections, including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Museum of Fine Arts Houston and the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. Soth's work has been featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions, including the 2004 Whitney and Sao Paulo Biennials. He has received fellowships from the McKnight and Jerome Foundations and was the recipient of the 2003 Santa Fe Prize for Photography. Steidl published his first book, Sleeping by the Mississippi, in 2004. He is a member of the Magnum agency. Philip Brookman is Senior Curator of Photography and Media Arts at the Cocoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C..