Comments on: Third Edition of Alec Soth’s “Sleeping by the Mississippi” to be Released http://www.shanelavalette.com/journal/2008/04/26/third-edition-of-alec-soths-sleeping-by-the-mississippi-to-be-released/ Mon, 08 Sep 2008 04:58:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Danielle http://www.shanelavalette.com/journal/2008/04/26/third-edition-of-alec-soths-sleeping-by-the-mississippi-to-be-released/#comment-12689 Danielle Fri, 02 May 2008 21:58:46 +0000 http://www.shanelavalette.com/journal/2008/04/26/third-edition-of-alec-soths-sleeping-by-the-mississippi-to-be-released/#comment-12689 Good looking out! I just figured I was destined to never own a book by Alec Soth. As much as I love his work, I haven't been able to get my hands on one of his books. Well, no more of that; I just pre-ordered a copy of Sleeping by the Mississippi over at Amazon. Thanks. Good looking out! I just figured I was destined to never own a book by Alec Soth. As much as I love his work, I haven’t been able to get my hands on one of his books. Well, no more of that; I just pre-ordered a copy of Sleeping by the Mississippi over at Amazon. Thanks.

]]> By: rolo http://www.shanelavalette.com/journal/2008/04/26/third-edition-of-alec-soths-sleeping-by-the-mississippi-to-be-released/#comment-11945 rolo Sat, 26 Apr 2008 22:48:57 +0000 http://www.shanelavalette.com/journal/2008/04/26/third-edition-of-alec-soths-sleeping-by-the-mississippi-to-be-released/#comment-11945 I was lucky enough to be in Paris last week and went to the Jeu de Paume to see the Alec Soth exhibition mounted there. They had copies of the the Steidl third edition of "Sleeping by the Mississippi on display and for sale. The one you have pictured on the right is the final version. It looks nice and the Amazon price is a bargain for a book that (1) will probably sell out again and (2) costs more than $60 in Europe. Besides prints from SbtM, "Niagara," "Dog Days Bogota," "Fashion Magazine," and Soth's portrait projects, the Jeu de Paume also has on display maquettes, dummies, and finished editions of SbtM, Niagara, and DDB. I still love the look of the original SbtM cover best, but i'll give Steidl credit for using the heart-shaped towel construction for the cover image of Niagara rather than the somber image that was on the cover of the dummy first edition. Also, all of the DDB photos were pigment inkjet prints. Even though they were printed on lustre paper they looked surprisingly flat. I was lucky enough to be in Paris last week and went to the Jeu de Paume to see the Alec Soth exhibition mounted there. They had copies of the the Steidl third edition of “Sleeping by the Mississippi on display and for sale. The one you have pictured on the right is the final version. It looks nice and the Amazon price is a bargain for a book that (1) will probably sell out again and (2) costs more than $60 in Europe.

Besides prints from SbtM, “Niagara,” “Dog Days Bogota,” “Fashion Magazine,” and Soth’s portrait projects, the Jeu de Paume also has on display maquettes, dummies, and finished editions of SbtM, Niagara, and DDB. I still love the look of the original SbtM cover best, but i’ll give Steidl credit for using the heart-shaped towel construction for the cover image of Niagara rather than the somber image that was on the cover of the dummy first edition.

Also, all of the DDB photos were pigment inkjet prints. Even though they were printed on lustre paper they looked surprisingly flat.

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