On the occasion of its fourth reprint, in 2017, Alec Soth looked back at his career-defining project
Alec Soth
"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."
- Alec Soth
Alec Soth was born in the USA in 1969. He became a nominee of Magnum Photos in 2004 and a full member in 2008. He is based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Likening his process to web surfing in the real world, Soth prizes coincidence and serendipity. Since publishing his first book in 2004, Sleeping by the Mississippi, he has published over 25 books, including his most recent, Advice for Young Artists (2024).
Soth has had over 50 solo exhibitions and survey exhibitions, including survey shows organized by Jeu de Paume in Paris (2008), the Walker Art Center in Minnesota (2010), Media Space in London (2015), and the Museum of Modern Art in Hayama (2022).
Soth has been the recipient of numerous fellowships and awards, including the Guggenheim Fellowship (2013). In 2008, Soth created Little Brown Mushroom, a multimedia enterprise focused on visual storytelling.
