Kaya Dalton enjoyed exploring and photographing London but was not enticed by the photography of Alec Soth and Julia Margaret Cameron in their exhibition. Alec Soth's work displayed included photographs from series along the Mississippi River capturing loneliness, as well as photographs from Niagara Falls depicting newlyweds and passion. Kaya found exploring different parts of London's life to be their favorite part, including seeing someone writing poetry in the street.

1. Visit Report
Kaya Dalton

2. Trip Opinions
I enjoyed going to the trip and taking
photographs in London. I found it interesting to
capture he different times of day and the busy
life Londers lead. However, I did not enjoy the
Alec Soth and Julia Margaret Cameron as their
photography did not entice me that much. Alec
Soth, did to his defense, have some interesting
and different photographs.

3. London
My favourite part was being able to explore
London and finding different parts of one life. I
found someone writing poetry on the ground to
be very inspiring. Here is a photo:

4. Photos From London

5. Alec Soth
Alec Soth displayed 4 of his works:
• Niagara Falls
• Mississippi
• Broken Manual
• Song Book

6. Mississippi
Unfortunatly I lost the SD card which held the photos from my
Alec Soth Exhibition. These photos are taken from Alec Soths
website.
‘Evolving from a series of road trips along the Mississippi River, Alec Soth's Sleeping by the
Mississippi captures America's iconic yet oft-neglected "third coast." Soth's richly descriptive,
large-format color photographs present an eclectic mix of individuals, landscapes, and
interiors. Sensuous in detail and raw in subject, Sleeping by the Mississippielicits a consistent
mood of loneliness, longing, and reverie. "In the book's 46 ruthlessly edited pictures," writes
Anne Wilkes Tucker, "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 Mississippimerges a documentary style with a 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.’

7. Niagara Falls
Soth's pictures of Niagara are less about natural wonder than human desire. "I went to Niagara for the same reason as the
honeymooners and suicide jumpers," says Soth, "the relentless thunder of the Falls just calls for big passion." While the subject
may be hot, these are quiet pictures. Using a large-format 8X10 camera, the photographs are rigorously composed and richly
detailed. Working over the course of two years on both the American and Canadian sides of the Falls, the editing is tight and
surprising. Soth depicts newlyweds and naked lovers, motel parking lots and pawn shop wedding rings. Throughout the book,
Soth also includes a number of love letters from the subjects he photographed. We read about teenage crushes, workplace affairs,
heartbreak and suicide. Oscar Wilde wrote of the Falls, "The sight of the stupendous waterfall must be one of the earliest, if not
the keenest, disappointments in American married life." In Soth's Niagara, we see both the passion and the disappointment. His
pictures are a remarkable portrayal of modern love and it's aftermath.

8. Broken Manual
Created over four years (2006-2010), Alec Soth's newest book represents a
significant departure from his three previous Steidl publications. Entitled
Broken Manual, Soth investigates the places in which people retreat to
escape civilization. Soth photographs monks, survivalists, hermits and
runaways, but this isn't a conventional documentary book on life "off the
grid." Instead, working with the writer Lester B. Morrison, the authors
have created an underground instruction manual for those looking to
escape their lives.

9. Song Book
Fragmentary, funny and sad, Songbook is a lyrical depiction of the
tension between American individualism and the desire to be united.
Alec Soth (b. 1969) is a photographer born and based in Minneapolis,
Minnesota. His photographs have been featured in numerous solo
and group exhibitions, including the 2004 Whitney and Sao Paulo
Biennials. In 2008, a survey exhibition of Soth's work was exhibited
at Jeu de Paume in Paris and Fotomuseum Winterthur in Switzerland

10. Julia Margaret Cameron
Fragmentary, funny and sad, Songbook is a lyrical depiction of
the tension between American individualism and the desire to
be united. Alec Soth (b. 1969) is a photographer born and
based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His photographs have been
featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions, including the
2004 Whitney and Sao Paulo Biennials. In 2008, a survey
exhibition of Soth's work was exhibited at Jeu de Paume in
Paris and Fotomuseum Winterthur in Switzerland