Photographers in Focus: Alec Soth

Sleeping by the Mississippi, the monograph published in 2004 by photographer Alec Soth, was a landmark photobook that established him as one of the most evocative chroniclers of contemporary life in America. Embarking on a series of spontaneous road trips along the Mississippi river, Soth’s formative work follows in the tradition of the ‘on-the-road’ photography of Robert Frank, Walker Evans and Stephen Shore, capturing the spellbinding landscapes, eclectic communities and individuals that exist outside of the global spotlight.
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[@totemworlds]

“And I find the beauty of the form, is its limitation.” Great wisdom!

[@zguy95135]

Beautiful, I love Alec Soth's work

[@David-lt9jw]

One of the greatest photographers alive

[@MakersTeleMark]

For my situation, it's the experiences that are why I am there, not the images. But many times, the images have more of a larger impact than the experience. At least for others. Hard to explain without context.

[@_tommykuo]

Amazing as always

[@iansolomon359]

saw his work in sf,great stuff

[@MrCijuciju]

extraordinary work

[@stuartbaines2843]

Insightful and thoughtful 👍
I hope one day to achieve a similar balance and understanding 🙂

[@seanchristopherross]

thanks!

[@brunorasga7005]

Great photos!

[@hugomartinsphoto]

What a beautiful portrait! congratulations

[@AlexOnStreets]

So good.

[@AvaSilvery]

Hi Mr. Soth, I'd welcome your 8x10 anytime. Thanks for sending it over someday.

[@arthurb8436]

If you want to see a more in depth conversation with him, go watch Negative Feedback’s video with him

[@Brooklyncameraclub]

Nice Ebony 8x10 camera.

[@myshelleseamore6319]

In my opinion, it's not about allowing yourself to fail, it's about taking a bazillion shots, relentlessly going over each decent picture, finding that one, with potential, or one that can be manipulated and making it outstanding. That's called dedication to the ART.

[@doomdoctor6380]

I'm a spray & pray kinda guy myself but his process can't be done the way you described. He is actually introverted yet he relates to friends, acquaintances & complete strangers in his work. gets them to reveal their quirks, hobbies, intimate moments. It's almost the opposite of spray & pray. Plus he uses a large format camera.

[@NeakNeaak]

Can you please do one of these profiles on Mark Peckmezian?

[@alessiogrigolini5109]

Wow, very inspirational video!
Has anybody done his online course with Magnum? Any feedback?

[@ryanrazon5312]

Alessio Grigolini this was actually one of the episodes, if you’re a big fan it’s worth every penny. I do wish he went more into detail about lighting subjects and what he use for works like Sleeping By the Mississippi or Niagara. He does show some lighting techniques but it wasn’t anything crazy. The beginning I felt took a little to much time telling who he is, which is important but I don’t know if it needed to be that much.

[@gorkemcelikbilek]

this entire video and speech - taken from the course content. The course is amazing though.

[@alessiogrigolini5109]

@@ryanrazon5312 Thank you for your feedback Ryan! Does he talk about preproduction and post-production? I mean ideas, editing and sequencing images, book design?

[@ryanrazon5312]

Yes he does and no problem.

[@bogdangrom]

Where i can find this song?

[@MrCijuciju]

Lucinda Chua

[@bogdangrom]

@@MrCijuciju thanks a lot!!

[@rinnagamoto41]

a little grey spot bothers me for the entire of the video

[@estebanm352]

I want a camera all of a sudden lol

[@videochemist]

01:52 - is that a guy clutching his waifu?