Scot Sothern
Scot Sothern | |
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Born |
1949 Pittsburg, Kansas |
Years active | 1964–present |
Scot Sothern (born 1949) is an American photographer and writer mostly known for his controversial black and white photographs of prostitutes of Southern California, whom he photographed from 1986 to 1990.[1][2][3][4] Sothern says the photographs are exposés, but they don't just expose the women in them, they expose the artist behind the camera. "They show that I am who they are."[5]
"Scot Sothern Makes this year's most controversial photobook"
| source = – The British Journal of Photography on "Lowlife" in 2011[6]
"Scot Sothern has bravely and empathetically entered a hidden world of humanity. A place where the human condition bares itself on all levels. This penetrating book of photographs and text will haunt and challenge the viewer." -Roger Ballen
Biography
Scot Sothern spent 40 unsettled years hustling freelance photography in the US and abroad. His first solo exhibit, Lowlife, was held at the Drkrm Gallery in Los Angeles in 2010. His first book, Lowlife, was published in the U.K. by Stanley Barker in 2011 and as an ebook by powerHouse Books in 2013. The British Journal of Photography called Lowlife, "The years' most controversial photobook." Curb Service: A Memoir, was published by Soft Skull Press in July 2013 and STREETWALKERS was published by powerHouse Books in 2016. Sothern has been in solo and group shows in NYC, Miami, and Los Angeles as well as Ottawa, London, Basel and Paris. Scot writes two regular photo-illustrated columns for Vice Magazine, Sothern Exposure [7] and Nocturnal Submissions[8]
Exhibitions
- 2016, Little Big Man Gallery, Los Angeles, CA - STREETWALKERS, Vintage Prints.[9]
- 2015, Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami, FL – SAD CITY - The Way We See It, Scot Sothern & Muir Vidler.[10]
- 2010, DRKRM, Los Angeles, US.[11]
- 2012, La Petite Mort Gallery, Ottawa, Canada.[12][13]
- 2012, The Great Eastern Bear, London, UK.[14]
- 2013, DRKRM, Los Angeles, US. A NEW LOW.[15]
- 2015, Daniel Cooney Fine Art, NYC. LOWLIFE, Vintage, 1985 – 1991.[16]
- 2014, PHOTO LA – A New Low & LOWLIFE – drkrm Gallery
- 2013, Space Eight Gallery, St. Augustine, FL – Rise of the Art Dorks, group show.[17]
- 2013, Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami, FL – POST COITAL, group show.[18]
- 2013, Balzer ART pr2ojects – Basel, Switzerland. SUBVERSIVE NARRATIVES, group show.[19]
- 2012, Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami, FL – EXPLICIT CONTENT, group show.[20]
- 2011 DRKRM Gallery, Los Angeles, STREET LIFE, a group show.[21]
- 2011 BC Space Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA, CAPITAL CRIMES, a group show.[22]
- 2010 New Puppy Gallery, Los Angeles, FRAMED STORIES, group show.[23]
- 1991 Marge Neikrug Gallery, NYC. RATED X, group show.
Bibliography
- Sothern, Scot. 2011. Lowlife. London: Stanley Barker ISBN 978-0-9569922-0-8.
- Sothern, Scot. 2013. Curb Service, a Memoir. Soft Skull Press ISBN 978-1593765200.
- Sothern, Scot. 2013. An American Lowlife, digital book. PowerHouse Books, ASIN:B00DZ1H2Z2
- Sothern, Scot. 2016. Streetwalkers. . PowerHouse Books, ISBN 978-1576877616
References
- ↑ Vice.com: SCOT SOTHERN HOPES YOU HATE HIS PHOTOS OF PROSTITUTES 20.05.2012
- ↑ Charlatan.ca: American photographer has Canadian debut at La Petite Mort 25.09.2012
- ↑ Beautifuldecay.com: scot-sothern-shot-prostitutes-with-a-camera 22.05.2012
- ↑ Dangerousminds.net: LOWLIFE: THE POWERFUL AND COMPELLING PHOTOGRAPHS OF SCOT SOTHERN 21.05.2012
- ↑ Matthews, Katherine Oktober (August 17, 2013). "A New Low: An Interview with Scot Sothern". GUP Magazine.
- ↑ Therawmaterials.me: Lowlife by Scot Sothern makes its UK debut at the Great Eastern Bear by DRKRM Gallery, 2011
- ↑ http://www.vice.com/series/sothern-exposure
- ↑ https://www.vice.com/tag/Nocturnal%20Submissions
- ↑ http://us8.campaign-archive1.com/?u=837ce32c40e2801b29211cc51&id=089c978188&e=1db8aebdf2
- ↑ http://www.mindysolomon.com/exhibits/ex_thewayweseeit/index.php
- ↑ Drkrm.com: SCOT SOTHERN: Lowlife Photographs and Literary Vignettes 2011
- ↑ Charlatan.ca: American photographer has Canadian debut at La Petite Mort 25.09.2012
- ↑ Peter Simpson, "Nothing pretty here", Ottawa Citizen, September 6, 2012.
- ↑ Greateasternbear.com: Lowlife
- ↑ http://www.drkrm.com/new_low.html
- ↑ http://www.danielcooneyfineart.com/sothern_photography.html
- ↑ http://spaceeight.com/
- ↑ http://www.mindysolomon.com/exhibits/ex_post_coital/index.php
- ↑ http://balzerprojects.com/exhibitions-past/
- ↑ http://www.mindysolomon.com/exhibits/ex_explicit_content/index.php
- ↑ http://www.drkrm.com/street.html
- ↑ http://bcspace.com/
- ↑ http://www.newpuppyla.com/
External links
- Official Website
- "Virkelighetshunger" ("Reality Hunger"), interview in Natt&Dag, February 20, 2013 (in Norwegian).
- Interview on The Airship ("Follow Your Hard-On: An Interview with Scot Sothern", The Airship).
- Video Interview with Scot Sothern (Daniel Rolnik, August 18, 2013)
- Interview on GUP Magazine ("A New Low: An Interview with Scot Sothern", GUP Magazine, August 17, 2013).
- Interview on The Rumpus ("The Rumpus Interview with Scot Sothern", The Rumpus, January 15, 2014).
- Interview on L'Oeil de la Photographie ("Scot Sothern – Then and Now", L'Oeil de la Photographie, January 21, 2015).
- http://1985artists.com/artist/scot-sothern
- https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/scot-sothern/curb-service/
- http://www.photoeye.com/magazine/reviews/2011/12_05_Lowlife.cfm