Alec Soth

This photograph taken by Alec Soth is titled "Sleeping by the Mississippi". The busyness of the image creates a particular contrast to the title. While sleeping typically resembles something calm, in this image the colors and patterns create an energized sensation. At the center of the photograph is a single bed. Surrounding this bed are a number of colorful fabrics and ornaments sitting on different layers. The multiple levels of the decorative fabrics work to create perspective in the image as to portray that the bed is down a long hallway. The image is full of geometric lines and shapes. The bottom of the bed draws a horizontal line across the bottom fourth of the image, while the top of the bed draws another parallel horizontal line across the middle of the image. The two sides of the bed work to draw parallel vertical lines on the left and right third of the picture. This intersection of these four lines creates a box within the center of the photo, enhancing the long hallway feel that the decorative fabrics create.

-Jason