Alec Soth, The Space Between Us
Fotomuseum Winterthur
From 25 October 2008 to 10 February 2009
Extramural
Alec Soth’s photographs are rooted in the tradition of Walker Evans, Robert Frank, and Stephen Shore. His representation of everyday life conveys the American ideals of independence, freedom, spirituality and individualism.
The exhibition features 71 photographs: a selection from Alec Soth’s two acclaimed bodies of work, Sleeping by the Mississippi (2004) and Niagara (2006) will be presented along with a selection of images from the series Dog Days, Bogotá (2007), Paris Minnesota (2007) and his ongoing project, Portraits.
Alec Soth, born in 1969, is a member of Magnum.
www.alecsoth.com
exhibition organized with the support of
the Manufacture Jaeger-LeCoultre and Olympus France,
in partnership with À Nous Paris, Blast et FIP.