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
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 pri… - Alec Soth
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 pri…
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.
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…
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…
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.
This is the same problem I have with digital photography. The potential is always remarkable. But the medium never settles. Each year there is a bett… - Alec Soth
This is the same problem I have with digital photography. The potential is always remarkable. But the medium never settles. Each year there is a bett…
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 …
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