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    Alec Soth is an American photographer known for his large-scale documentary projects featuring portraits of strangers. He takes a performative approach to photography, wandering and finding subjects. Soth lives in Minneapolis and is influenced by photographers like Walker Evans and Robert Frank. He is a member of Magnum Photos and publishes books through his company Little Brown Mushroom. Soth uses a large-format camera and keeps backgrounds minimal, focusing on vulnerability in his subjects. Some of his most notable projects include Songbook, Broken Manual, and Niagara.

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    Alec Soth is an American photographer known for his large-scale documentary projects featuring portraits of strangers. He takes a performative approach to photography, wandering and finding subjects. Soth lives in Minneapolis and is influenced by photographers like Walker Evans and Robert Frank. He is a member of Magnum Photos and publishes books through his company Little Brown Mushroom. Soth uses a large-format camera and keeps backgrounds minimal, focusing on vulnerability in his subjects. Some of his most notable projects include Songbook, Broken Manual, and Niagara.

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    Alec Soth is an American photographer known for his large-scale documentary projects featuring portraits of strangers. He takes a performative approach to photography, wandering and finding subjects. Soth lives in Minneapolis and is influenced by photographers like Walker Evans and Robert Frank. He is a member of Magnum Photos and publishes books through his company Little Brown Mushroom. Soth uses a large-format camera and keeps backgrounds minimal, focusing on vulnerability in his subjects. Some of his most notable projects include Songbook, Broken Manual, and Niagara.

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    Alec Soth is an American photographer known for his large-scale documentary projects featuring portraits of strangers. He takes a performative approach to photography, wandering and finding subjects. Soth lives in Minneapolis and is influenced by photographers like Walker Evans and Robert Frank. He is a member of Magnum Photos and publishes books through his company Little Brown Mushroom. Soth uses a large-format camera and keeps backgrounds minimal, focusing on vulnerability in his subjects. Some of his most notable projects include Songbook, Broken Manual, and Niagara.

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    Alec Soth

    By Austin Winter
    "I fell in love with the process of taking pictures, with
    wandering around finding things. To me it feels like a kind of
    performance. The picture is a document of that performance"
    Alec Soth
    Background
    ● Alec Soth’s work resembles the American tradition of on-the-road photography
    that was developed by Walker Evans, Robert Frank, and Stephen Shore.
    ● Alec Soth lives in Minneapolis, which isn't the biggest city when it comes to
    photography but still produces great work
    ● Known for large-scale projects and portraits.
    ● Education: 1992 Bachelor of Arts, Sarah Lawrence College
    ● First monograph was Sleeping by the Mississippi, he has since published
    Niagara , Fashion Magazine , Dog Days, Bogotá, The Last Days of W , and
    Broken Manual.
    ● In 2008, Soth started his own publishing company, Little Brown Mushroom.
    ● Alec Soth became a nominee of Magnum Photos (international photographic
    cooperative) in 2004 and a full member in 2008.
    Background Continued
    ● His photographs are represented in major public and private collections,
    including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Museum of Fine Arts,
    Houston, and the Walker Art Center.
    Awards

    ● 2008 Bush Artist Fellowship ● 2003 Santa Fe Prize for Photography


    ● 2008 PhotoVision Award ● 2001 Minnesota State Arts Board
    ● 2006 Golden Light Book Award ● 2001 MCAD / Jerome Fellowship
    ● 2006 Deutsche Börse Prize (shortlisted artist) ● 2001 Jerome Travel and Study Grant
    ● 2004 McKnight Photography Fellowship ● 1999 McKnight Photography Fellowship
    Style
    ● Portraits are done of strangers, on the street, in their homes, or even naked in
    motel rooms as seen in NIAGARA
    ● Tell Stories, chooses meaningful titles for his projects
    ● Loves turning his projects into books
    ● Uses a large-format 8×10 camera to photograph his subjects. But likes to be like
    a movie director and “to have the freedom to use different equipment for
    different movies.”
    ● Doesn’t agree with shooting everyday, believes photography should be more
    like film-making
    ● Keeps things out of the frame, doesn’t cram too much information
    ● "One thing I’m really interested in is vulnerability.”
    Soth’s Style In
    His Photos
    Photographing strangers
    Photographing strangers
    Telling Stories
    Telling Stories
    Using an 8x10 Camera
    Keeping things out of the frame
    Vulnerability
    Personal
    Favorites
    Songbook
    Broken Manual
    Songbook
    Paris / Minnesota & Niagara
    Imitation
    ● “Alec Soth • Photographer Profile • Magnum
    Photos.” Magnum Photos

    ● “14 Lessons Alec Soth Has Taught Me About


    Street Photography.” ERIC KIM, 24 July 2015

    ● “Alec Soth: Projects.” Alec Soth | Projects

    Sources
    ● https://www.magnumphotos.com/phot
    ographer/alec-soth/
    ● https://erickimphotography.com/blog/2
    014/02/25/14-lessons-alec-soth-has-ta
    ught-me-about-street-photography/
    ● https://alecsoth.com/photography/proj
    ects

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