“RNP the Blog”

Not sure where the last week went but it is time to talk about another one of my favorite photographers.

This week I would like to tell you about Alec Soth.

Alec is another well known contemporary fine art photographer. He burst onto the scene at the 2004 Whitney Biennial. I personally became familiar with his work after I stumbled across his first monograph called “Sleeping Along the Mississippi” a few years back. The following image is my personal favorite from the book.

After making a name for himself in the fine art world he has started doing some fashion and editorial work (although still in his own style). Like the other photographers he has a signature style that permeates all of his work. I think you have arrived as a photographer when you are hired to do your thing, where clients seek you out for your own distinctive take/style/whatever you want to call it.

You can find Alec Soth all over the web, on YouTube here and here. He posted a great blog post on Magnum’s blog a couple weeks ago here with advice for young photographers from a number of photographers from Magnum.

Some common threads between Soth, Hido, and Riedel is they are all still film shooters (Soth shoots almost exclusively with an “8 x 10″ camera) and they all have succesfully shot a varied subject matter. Bottom line they all have some major talent.