Every once in a while I have this revelation like, "Wow, a hundred years ago the world wasn't black and white." It was in color. Photographed in a certain way, people look from another time. We are just not used to seeing ourselves in that context. Something that's fascinating about photography is you can isolate a moment, tear it out of its context, and see it afresh. Another realization is that, "Wow, there's a big world out there, and people are still doing all sorts of the things that they used to do." We don't just live in iPad land.
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.
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…
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.
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…
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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