I didn't want to pretend to be a conceptual artist that charges $10,000 for an experience. It's just not what I am. I'm a photographer and I make prints. And people buy a print, and I understand that. But I'm uncomfortable with buying an experience.
For me, the act of photography is all about discovery and finding new things. - Alec Soth
For me, the act of photography is all about discovery and finding new things.
- Alec Soth
Nobody really wants to be alone. People need people. - Alec Soth
Nobody really wants to be alone. People need people.
I'm a project-based photographer; I think in narrative terms, the way a writer thinks of a book, or a filmmaker a film. - Alec Soth
I'm a project-based photographer; I think in narrative terms, the way a writer thinks of a book, or a filmmaker a film.
It's a weird combination that makes a great picture. It's a complete mystery to me. - Alec Soth
It's a weird combination that makes a great picture. It's a complete mystery to me.
The reason I often say, for me, photography is analogous to poetry, for my kind of work more so than journalism, is because it's so open to interpret… - Alec Soth
The reason I often say, for me, photography is analogous to poetry, for my kind of work more so than journalism, is because it's so open to interpret…
If limitation spawns creativity, is the limitless resource of the Internet a good thing? - Alec Soth
If limitation spawns creativity, is the limitless resource of the Internet a good thing?
The people that I photographed allowed me to photograph them because they didn't want to be alone, and the truth is I didn't want to be alone making … - Alec Soth
The people that I photographed allowed me to photograph them because they didn't want to be alone, and the truth is I didn't want to be alone making …
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… - Alec Soth
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…
I admire photographers that don't need a destination. In some ways, street photography is like that. There's a quality of wanderlust for sure in my w… - Alec Soth
I admire photographers that don't need a destination. In some ways, street photography is like that. There's a quality of wanderlust for sure in my w…
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