Alec soth ANTHONY ROSE

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Things about

Born 1969, Minnesota

He is 46

lives and works in Minneapolis, Minnesota

Alec Soth is an American photographer

Education: Sarah Lawrence College

Awards: Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts, US & Canada (2013)

“I fell in love with the process of taking pictures, with wandering around finding things. To me it feels like a kind of performance. The picture is a document of that performance. ”

2004: His first book, Sleeping by the Mississippi, was published in 2004.

2006: His second book, Niagara, was published in 2006.

2010: Soth founded the publishing house, Little Brown Mushroom (LBM), in 2010.

Photos

FRANCE/Grand Palais

2007

USA

2007

Photos USA/New York

2008

USA/California

2008

Quote why he photographed

His work is in the permanent collections of numerous museums, including the Brooklyn Museum of Art; the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

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Photos

COLOMBIA/Bogota

2003

COLOMBIA/Bogota

2003.

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USA/Minnesota

2003

USA/Minnesota

2003

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COLOMBIA/Bogota

2003

COLOMBIA/Bogota

2003

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COLOMBIA

2003

CANADA/Niagara Motel

2005

Book

NIAGARA About Is one of the books he wrote

and sold between $21.28

Published on July 1, 2006

Book

Sleeping by the Mississippi About It was published on June 2, 2004 it is

worth $30

Hardcover

this is another book that he wrote

http://www.amazon.com/Alec-Soth/e/B0034NB4B4

http://www.magnumphotos.com/C.aspx?VP3=CMS3&VF=MAGO31_10_VForm&ERID=24KL532_M

http://www.magnumphotos.com/C.aspx?VP3=CMS3&VF=MAGO31_10_VForm&ERID=24KL532_M