Alec Soth
Alec Soth (* 1969 in Minneapolis , Minnesota ) is an American photographer who became known for his large-scale photo projects from the American Midwest .
Life
Soth studied at Sarah Lawrence College in Yonkers , New York . He received a grant from the McKnight and Jerome Foundation and the 2003 Santa Fe Prize for Photography . In 2004 he took part in the Whitney Biennial and published his first photo book, which was followed by more over the next few years. Soth takes many of his photos in 8x10 format (see his photo with camera).
In 2004 Soth was nominated for inclusion in Magnum Photos and has been a full member of the association since 2008. So far (2011) his photographs have been exhibited worldwide. His works have been bought and shown by various museums.
Soth lives in Minneapolis with his wife and children. In 2010 he founded the Little Brown Mushroom publishing house there . His family name is pronounced like the English word both .
Exhibitions (selection)
- 2017/18: Alec Soth. Gathered leaves , House of Photography at Deichtorhallen , Hamburg.
- 2012: Alec Soth: La Belle Dame sans Merci , Central Exhibition Hall, Manege (Moscow) , Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow
- 2011: Alec Soth: Broken Manual , Galerie Friedrich Loock, Berlin
- 2011: Alec Soth: From Here to There , Walker Art Center , Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
- 2010: Alec Soth: Black Line of Woods , High Museum of Art , Atlanta , Georgia , USA
- 2008: Alec Soth. The space between us , Fotomuseum Winterthur , Winterthur , Zurich , Switzerland
- 2008: Alec Soth: Mississippi and Niagara , Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume , Paris, France
- 2006: Alec Soth: Niagara , Weinstein Gallery , Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
- 2006: Alec Soth: Niagara , Wohnmaschine , Berlin
- 2006: Alec Soth: Niagara , Gagosian Gallery , Manhattan , New York City , New York
- 2005: Roger Ballen , Alec Soth and Vera Lutter , Gagosian Gallery, New York City, USA
- 2004: Alec Soth: Sleeping by the Mississippi , Stephen Wirtz Gallery , San Francisco , California , USA
- 2004: Alec Soth: Sleeping by the Mississippi , Yossi Milo Gallery , New York City
Collections (2011)
- Albright-Knox Gallery of Art , Buffalo , New York , USA
- Art Institute of Chicago , Chicago , Illinois , USA
- Brooklyn Museum , Brooklyn , New York City, New York
- Corcoran Gallery of Art , Washington, DC , USA
- Israel Museum , Jerusalem , Israel
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art , Los Angeles , California, USA
- Madison Museum of Contemporary Art , Madison , Wisconsin , USA
- Margulies Collection at the Warehouse, Miami , Florida , USA
- Minneapolis Institute of Arts , Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
- Museum of Contemporary Photography , Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Museum of Fine Arts , Houston , Texas , USA
- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art , San Francisco, California, USA
- Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
- Whitney Museum of American Art , Manhattan, New York City, New York
Publications (selection)
- 2012: Looking for Love, 1996 , Kominek Books, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-9815105-2-2 .
- 2011: Broken Manual , Steidl, Göttingen ISBN 978-3-86930-199-0 .
- 2010: One day - 10 Photographers, Kehrer, Heidelberg / Berlin ISBN 978-3-86828-173-6 .
- 2010: Gus the Great , Kehrer, Heidelberg / Berlin ISBN 978-3-86828-173-6 .
- 2010: From Here to There, Alec Soth's America , Siri Engberg (Ed.): Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern ISBN 978-3-7757-2750-1 .
- 2010: Ash Wednesday, New Orleans , Super Labo, Kamakura, Japan 2010, ISBN 978-4-905052-02-9 .
- 2007: Fashion Magazine. Paris - Minnesota, Magnum Photos, New York City.
- 2007: Dog Days, Bogotá , Steidl, Göttingen ISBN 978-3-86521-451-5 .
- 2006: Niagara , Steidl, Göttingen ISBN 3-86521-233-6 .
- 2005: Songbook . MACK, London, England 2015, ISBN 978-1-910164020 .
- 2004: Sleeping by the Mississippi. Photographs by Alec Soth, essays by Patricia Hampl and Anne Wilkes Tucker. Steidl: Göttingen ISBN 3-86521-007-4 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Something is wrong in: FAZ of November 7, 2017, page 11
- ↑ This is how the wild things live: Alec Soth near Loock in Berlin in: FAZ of July 9, 2011, page 38
- ^ ONE DAY - Kehrer Verlag. Retrieved April 5, 2018 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Soth, Alec |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American photographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1969 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Minneapolis , Minnesota , USA |