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> [I'm a project-based photographer; I think in narrative terms, the way a writer thinks of a book, or a filmmaker a film.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alec-soth/i-m-a-project-based-photographer-i-think-in-narrative-terms-the-way-a/)

[Alec Soth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alec-soth/)

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## More by Alec Soth

> [If limitation spawns creativity, is the limitless resource of the Internet a good thing?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alec-soth/if-limitation-spawns-creativity-is-the-limitless-resource-of-the/)

[Alec Soth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alec-soth/)

> [ \[Photography is\] very related to poetry. It's suggestive and fragmentary and unsatisfying in a lot of ways. It's as much about what you leave… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alec-soth/photography-is-very-related-to-poetry-it-s-suggestive-and-fragmentary/)

[Alec Soth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alec-soth/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alec-soth/i-always-say-that-photography-s-closest-cousin-is-poetry-because-of/)

[Alec Soth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alec-soth/)

> [I'm like the annoying guy in the street.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alec-soth/i-m-like-the-annoying-guy-in-the-street/)

[Alec Soth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alec-soth/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alec-soth/i-find-myself-using-music-metaphors-all-the-time-but-this-is-too/)

[Alec Soth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alec-soth/i-admire-photographers-that-don-t-need-a-destination-in-some-ways/)

[Alec Soth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alec-soth/)

> [Whether you are Minor White or Robert Frank, almost every photograph starts with an act of pure description - a window. But every now…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alec-soth/whether-you-are-minor-white-or-robert-frank-almost-every-photograph/)

[Alec Soth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alec-soth/)

> [Nobody really wants to be alone. People need people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alec-soth/nobody-really-wants-to-be-alone-people-need-people/)

[Alec Soth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alec-soth/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alec-soth/in-assembling-this-group-of-portraits-of-women-i-m-aware-that-i-m/)

[Alec Soth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alec-soth/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alec-soth/photography-s-future-is-infinite-and-bright-it-s-growing/)

[Alec Soth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alec-soth/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alec-soth/every-once-in-a-while-i-have-this-revelation-like-wow-a-hundred-years/)

[Alec Soth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alec-soth/)

> [For me, the act of photography is all about discovery and finding new things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alec-soth/for-me-the-act-of-photography-is-all-about-discovery-and-finding-new/)

[Alec Soth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alec-soth/)

> [Photography is a very lonely medium. There’s a kind of beautiful loneliness in voyeurism. And that’s why I’m a photographer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alec-soth/photography-is-a-very-lonely-medium-there-s-a-kind-of-beautiful/)

[Alec Soth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alec-soth/)

> [In a world where the 2 billionth photograph has been uploaded to Flickr, which looks like an Eggleston picture! How do you deal with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alec-soth/in-a-world-where-the-2-billionth-photograph-has-been-uploaded-to/)

[Alec Soth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alec-soth/)

> [You can photograph anything. You can be inside, outside, doesn't matter, you're controlling the light. It gives you great flexibility. That was a primary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alec-soth/you-can-photograph-anything-you-can-be-inside-outside-doesn-t-matter/)

[Alec Soth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alec-soth/)

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