New Delta Rising

NEW DELTA RISING
The Mississippi Delta has been called "the most southern place on earth." This fertile expanse of flat land sprawls along the Mississippi River from Memphis, Tennessee, southward to Vicksburg, Mississippi. Culturally rich as well, the Delta is the land where the blues began.

Award-winning photographer Magdalena Sole spent a year interviewing and photographing hundreds of residents in the Mississippi Delta. The deep connection she felt comes through in the compelling images in this book. Sole captures their personal dignity, resilience, and resourcefulness, along with the closeness of family and community she found among them.


"New Delta Rising is a stunning portrait of the Mississippi Delta that captures both the voices and faces of a people, their homes, and their landscape with hauntingly beautiful images. Magdalena Sole is an exceptionally gifted photographer whose rich, color images bring clarity and new understanding to this complex region." --William R. Ferris, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

"It’s some of the best digital work I’ve ever seen and it’s all with a Leica." Mary Ellen Mark

"The book is a gem!" Elisabeth Biondi




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Photography by Magdalena Sole

Introduction by Rick Bragg

Text by Barry H. Smith and Tom Lassiter

Hardcover: 160 pages

Publishers: University Press of Mississippi and The Dreyfus Health Foundation

Language: English

US Release: January 2012

ISBN-13: 978-1617031502

Product Dimensions: 12.1 x 9.5 x 0.9 inches


Price: $38 plus applicable tax for NY residents