# Sleeping by the Mississippi

- **Brand:** MACK
- **Price:** $60.00
- **Catalog:** mackbooks
- **Retailer:** mackbooks
- **Product URL:** https://go.cosimo.shop/r/gAAAAABqzv__GRDl4f6FxZ-VV8zShhACuz0wnCN03Q2NHxwdJzawVkNlg8YPiXr4eAqCv2v22TYl1bS6brDoDUN_xCDCbRpfttnL1qq-OeL0AQxsaw4Jy_fW4i_2Ut0MXZzVHhfBS830uz0xFpum2yu2eUZ92uMd1dRpBf2vWvxQmwp1YiXeLrnmJ9PZ7xFd5Z9eIfb58RjEku5ohNbdJNIjYEX21wATHZ8lqFexli2JVBWCBA5YKeUJWAzW5n6M0iphvdAjYSDbC6WygVtjD-uL1lsbPT0ETtKL_7qewYcjCIWmbJHQ3xcpVRkrZeFa9yW9gfKraL0LO1ar48YATNJCo4bjbO40PRXcjErmNzq3cKqfobjMZBKFNHwJVTUHy2DzS8hsVA8_Xgvh0P7xLSImCVX_YOCUlU6ukny8RhHhwJtIoTWMGN-ApmFEUCrU440x5xpItbUCd4aujq9E5GPKVAynNaTZyg==
- **GTIN:** 978-1-910164-89-1
- **Availability:** In stock

## Summary

A square-format photography book titled 'Sleeping by the Mississippi' by Alec Soth, featuring a printed linen debossed hardback cover with yellow abstract patterns.

## Description

Sleeping by the Mississippi by Alec Soth is one of the defining publications in the photobook era. First published by Steidl in 2004, it was Soth’s first book, sold through three print runs, and established him as one of the leading lights of contemporary photographic practice. This is the second printing of the MACK edition and includes two new photographs that were not included in the Steidl versions of the book. Evolving from a series of road trips along the Mississippi River, Sleeping by the Mississippi captures America’s iconic yet oft-neglected ‘third coast’. Soth’s richly descriptive, large-format colour photographs present an eclectic mix of individuals, landscapes, and interiors. Sensuous in detail and raw in subject, Sleeping by the Mississippi elicits a consistent mood of loneliness, longing, and reverie. ‘In the book’s 46 ruthlessly edited pictures’, writes Anne Wilkes Tucker in the original essay published in the book, ‘Soth alludes to illness, procreation, race, crime, learning, art, music, death, religion, redemption, politics, and cheap sex.’ Like Robert Frank’s classic The Americans, Sleeping by the Mississippi merges a documentary style with poetic sensibility. The Mississippi is less the subject of the book than its organizing structure. Not bound by a rigid concept or ideology, the series is created out of a quintessentially American spirit of wanderlust. Sixteen years since the book was first published, the artist’s lyrical view has undoubtedly acquired a nuanced significance – one in which hope, fear, desire and regret coalesce in the evocative journey along this mythic river.   Watch Alec Soth's Bookshelf Tour here.

## Appearance

- **Fit:** Unsigned

## Variants

- **In stock:** 1 of 2

| SKU | Availability |
| --- | --- |
| 9781910164891 | Out of stock |
| 9781910164891S | In stock |

## Categories

- **Categories:** Photography Books

## Additional Attributes

- **ISBN:** 978-1-910164-89-1
- **tags:** 2017, Alec Soth, American photographer, color, colour, transfer
- **pages:** 120 pages
- **author:** Alec Soth
- **format:** Printed linen debossed hardback
- **vendor:** MACK
- **binding:** Printed linen debossed hardback
- **publisher:** MACK
- **dimensions:** 28 x 27.5 cm
- **page count:** 120 pages
- **product type:** Photography Books
- **listed prices:** €55 £45 US$60 AU$115
- **shopify handle:** sleeping-by-the-mississippi-br-alec-soth
- **publication date:** September 2020
- **dimensions and pages:** 28 x 27.5 cm, 120 pages
- **signed edition details:** The signed edition includes an extra image plate signed by the artist and glued into the inside back cover.

## Enrichment

- **Type:** photography book
- **Type Synonyms:** photobook, art book
- **Tags:** hardback, linen cover, debossed, square format
- **Styles:** minimalist, contemporary
- **Category Path:** Media > Books > Print Books
- **Book cover type:** Hardcover
- **Genre:** Arts, Documentary
- **Language version:** ENG- English
- **Target audience:** Adults
- **Canonical Brand:** MACK

## Images

- ![Image 1](https://cdn.octogen.ai/cc77c7cc68ea4af6e7f7a79650b2ea80/212157b747b5efbe60451565bd3e5377.webp)
- ![Image 2](https://cdn.octogen.ai/cc77c7cc68ea4af6e7f7a79650b2ea80/05bdb10e2c2802307e4e520572b6fc98.webp)
- ![Image 3](https://cdn.octogen.ai/cc77c7cc68ea4af6e7f7a79650b2ea80/9467a54c8d1b1ccd1ceab8bf145f9c64.webp)
- ![Image 4](https://cdn.octogen.ai/cc77c7cc68ea4af6e7f7a79650b2ea80/3655d36c8347c0d80804330ef7491231.webp)
- ![Image 5](https://cdn.octogen.ai/cc77c7cc68ea4af6e7f7a79650b2ea80/f567f82916ec6a460af216c13e87be25.webp)
- ![Image 6](https://cdn.octogen.ai/cc77c7cc68ea4af6e7f7a79650b2ea80/280319738d814b5dc6d3108dccf96bc5.webp)
- ![Image 7](https://cdn.octogen.ai/cc77c7cc68ea4af6e7f7a79650b2ea80/18f12ca9460b7ee74a5cb20f16334093.webp)
- ![Image 8](https://cdn.octogen.ai/cc77c7cc68ea4af6e7f7a79650b2ea80/a21affcd9949db9478de7ad3c221aa50.webp)
- ![Image 9](https://cdn.octogen.ai/cc77c7cc68ea4af6e7f7a79650b2ea80/896ec3881fddbd4a0e4b33283b3ec360.webp)
- ![Image 10](https://cdn.octogen.ai/cc77c7cc68ea4af6e7f7a79650b2ea80/46cb5212e272d16955a0b917caf9faff.webp)
- ![Image 11](https://cdn.octogen.ai/cc77c7cc68ea4af6e7f7a79650b2ea80/953f0b59ec8a353dc287ba52612e5722.webp)
- ![Image 12](https://cdn.octogen.ai/cc77c7cc68ea4af6e7f7a79650b2ea80/e01b8af0382dc711b70db18caf133ffc.webp)
- ![Image 13](https://cdn.octogen.ai/cc77c7cc68ea4af6e7f7a79650b2ea80/a45224c87d640f67b6e22721196f04be.webp)
- ![Image 14](https://cdn.octogen.ai/cc77c7cc68ea4af6e7f7a79650b2ea80/d510399a7bdcb241715ac90377dadb4e.webp)
- ![Image 15](https://cdn.octogen.ai/cc77c7cc68ea4af6e7f7a79650b2ea80/78f10a063cee7e312725671a2f886603.webp)
- ![Image 16](https://cdn.octogen.ai/cc77c7cc68ea4af6e7f7a79650b2ea80/ee470987165f76eeab62d59d848a5bf6.webp)
- ![Image 17](https://cdn.octogen.ai/cc77c7cc68ea4af6e7f7a79650b2ea80/242674c5b75d39c3ff90eaa51253b380.webp)
- ![Image 18](https://cdn.octogen.ai/cc77c7cc68ea4af6e7f7a79650b2ea80/297f735094428a88508ac034a37aa37a.webp)
- ![Image 19](https://cdn.octogen.ai/cc77c7cc68ea4af6e7f7a79650b2ea80/b6248d26d8f0f717cdae6b795d3f2971.webp)
- ![Image 20](https://cdn.octogen.ai/cc77c7cc68ea4af6e7f7a79650b2ea80/345494c306e614ec20325e597e26bc46.webp)
- ![Image 21](https://cdn.octogen.ai/cc77c7cc68ea4af6e7f7a79650b2ea80/cca0223ffbd72f798048982e634dfde5.webp)
- ![Image 22](https://cdn.octogen.ai/cc77c7cc68ea4af6e7f7a79650b2ea80/27d87a8918268d637829e1ce48f60df9.webp)
- ![Image 23](https://cdn.octogen.ai/cc77c7cc68ea4af6e7f7a79650b2ea80/d867253e95db03133aa7da4539a56395.webp)
- ![Image 24](https://cdn.octogen.ai/cc77c7cc68ea4af6e7f7a79650b2ea80/e018b0a9375b12128758fca1d69e2d67.webp)
- ![Image 25](https://cdn.octogen.ai/cc77c7cc68ea4af6e7f7a79650b2ea80/d0f02d2139882798c2e5e894098f0392.webp)
- ![Image 26](https://cdn.octogen.ai/cc77c7cc68ea4af6e7f7a79650b2ea80/eb4f199cdcd760273ad5169c44c81251.webp)
- ![Image 27](https://cdn.octogen.ai/cc77c7cc68ea4af6e7f7a79650b2ea80/5eedf8bc162286abbb9db6ce79a13bb0.webp)
- ![Image 28](https://cdn.octogen.ai/cc77c7cc68ea4af6e7f7a79650b2ea80/ec601516e88c3d3e435adf421c5b06ef.webp)
- ![Image 29](https://cdn.octogen.ai/cc77c7cc68ea4af6e7f7a79650b2ea80/dc5999a13cbe1bdbbaeb31a8e302562f.webp)
- ![Image 30](https://cdn.octogen.ai/cc77c7cc68ea4af6e7f7a79650b2ea80/43f493a4b7f16dd40ee20e4bcda9b59f.webp)

---
*Source: cosimo.shop | Product ID: 91c80865-b481-5daf-a4ad-06bb6b2190c6 | Canonical URL: https://cosimo.shop/product/mack/sleeping-by-the-mississippi-0606f6ac-4c9a-4b1a-a8bc-b4adf3e0db45*