"Your photographs always look like paintings to me at first, and they have this distinct quality that says Quinta Scott Was Here, Really."--Bruce Briles, Editialla, New Orleans Ladder

"There is more to Scott's imagery than meets the eye at a casual glance. She has composed routine views of red Oklahoma dirt and pink Florida sand into delicate interplays of color and form. Her photographs are subtle yet skillful, and of lasting impression."--Kinney Littlefield, St. Louis Post-Dispatch

University of Missouri Press

Ever since I picked up a camera and said I was going to be a photographer, I have wanted to do a Mississippi River Project. In 1991 on a trip down Mississippi Highway 1, I came across an old oxbow of the Mississippi, stepped in a fire ant nest, made a photograph, and found my Mississippi River Project. I would document wetlands the Mississippi created as it meandered from the Source to the Gulf of Mexico.

The Mississippi: A Visual Biography

"As with every book I've seen in which Quinta Scott is involved, The Mississippi: A Visual Biography combines an in-depth, accurate, and revealing description of its subject with magnificent photographs that take you deeper into the subject than any text."

John M. Barry, author of Rising Tide: The Great Flood of 1927 and How it Changed America.

University of Missouri Press

To see the Mississippi River Photographs go to:

MississippiRiverPhotographs.com