ALEC SOTH
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lec Soth was born in 1969 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He studied at Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, New York. Soth received international acclaim when his photographs were featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions, including the 2004 Whitney and São Paulo Biennials. Soth's photographic style has continued to develop in subsequent series beginning with his iconic Sleeping by the Mississippi, and including Niagara, The Last Days of W, and Broken Manual. Soth uses his large-format camera to photograph the people and landscapes of suburban and rural communities, often during road trips throughout the Midwest and the South. Soth’s photographs have been featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions. In 2016, Soth’s Gathered Leaves, an exhibition bringing together his four-signature series – Sleeping by the Mississippi, Niagara, Broken Manual, and Songbook, travelled to numerous institutions, including The Finnish Museum of Photography in Helsinki. In 2008, a large survey exhibition of Soth's work was exhibited at the Jeu de Paume in Paris, France and Fotomuseum Winterthur in Switzerland. In 2010, the Walker Art Center mounted a comprehensive exhibition with an accompanying catalogue entitled From Here To There, Alec Soth’s America.
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