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 interpretation. And I'm very happy having different interpretations of it. — Alec Soth Copy Share Image
If limitation spawns creativity, is the limitless resource of the Internet a good thing? — Alec Soth Copy Share Image
[Photography is] very related to poetry. It's suggestive and fragmentary and unsatisfying in a lot of ways. It's as much about what you leave… — Alec Soth Copy Share Image
I always say that photography's closest cousin is poetry because of the way it sparks your imagination and leaves gaps for the viewer to… — Alec Soth Copy Share Image
I find myself using music metaphors all the time, but this is too perfect, I feel like. Digital downloading is like photographs online. It's… — Alec Soth Copy Share Image
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… — Alec Soth Copy Share Image
Whether you are Minor White or Robert Frank, almost every photograph starts with an act of pure description - a window. But every now… — Alec Soth Copy Share Image
In assembling this group of portraits of women, I'm aware that I'm treading on dangerous ground. When I was in college, I learned to… — Alec Soth Copy Share Image
Photography's future is infinite and bright. It's growing exponentially, so that's great, but for me as a practitioner, that exponential growth makes it even… — Alec Soth Copy Share Image
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… — Alec Soth Copy Share Image
For me, the act of photography is all about discovery and finding new things. — Alec Soth Copy Share Image
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