Scot Sothern

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Scot Sothern (born 1949) is an American photographer and writer. He has created controversial black and white photographs of prostitutes in Southern California, whom he photographed from 1986 to 1990. In 2010, he began photographing and writing about sex workers in Skid Row, Los Angeles. [1] [2] [3] [4] Sothern described the photographs as exposés that expose both the women and also the artist behind the camera. [5]

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Biography

Scot Sothern was born to a portrait and wedding photographer in the Missouri Ozarks. He spent 40 unsettled years selling 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 year's most controversial photobook". Curb Service: A Memoir, was published by Soft Skull Press in July 2013, [6] and Streetwalkers was published by PowerHouse Books in 2016. [7] Sothern has been in solo and group shows in NYC, Miami, and Los Angeles as well as Ottawa, London, Basel and Paris. In 2013 and 2014, Scot wrote 52 photo-illustrated columns for Vice Magazine : Sothern Exposure [8] and Nocturnal Submissions. [9] In 2017 Sothern's novel BigCity was published by Stalking Horse Press. [10]

Reception

In 2011, The British Journal of Photography commenting on Lowlife wrote, "Scot Sothern makes this year's most controversial photobook".[ citation needed ]

Roger Ballen in 2021 opined, "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".[ citation needed ]

Exhibitions

Bibliography

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