Niagara – Special Edition with Print Warehouse High above the dense grid

High above the dense grid of São Paulo

it was the result of considerable work and forethought

With growing religious conservatism and the re-criminalization of gay sex

“Kings from Queens

Martin Luther King

Niagara – Special Edition with Print Warehouse High above the dense gridIn the follow up to his critically acclaimed debut monograph Sleeping by the Mississippi, Alec Soth turned his eye to another iconic body of water, Niagara Falls. As with his photographs of the Mississippi, Soths 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. Working over the