Alec Soth "I was doing a magazine assignment on people who play war games. I was shooting with a small format camera, but when I came across guy making a sandwich, I determined it was worth the time and mone (...)
y of pulling out the large format camera." Josh Vance (aka Crash) with peanut butter & jelly. Joelton, Tennessee. USA. 2004. © Alec Soth | Magnum Photos
Alec Soth "I was in Griffith Park in Los Angeles looking for the location of the cave made famous from the Batman TV show in the 1960’s. It was late in the day and I was losing light, so I was in rush. But w (...)
hen this girl appeared out of the blue, I couldn’t resist taking her picture. I later used it in my publication The Last Days of W." Priscilla. Los Angeles, Ca. USA. 2008. © Alec Soth | Magnum Photos
Alec Soth "As a consequence of the long exposure, this picture has technical flaws. You can see from the tarp by the gas pumps that the wind was blowing, so there’s some overall unsharpness. On the left side (...)
of the photo you can see a faint ghost image of a car that drove away during the exposure. Nevertheless, this is one of my favorite pictures from Sleeping by the Mississippi." Cemetery. Fountain City, Wisconsin. USA. 2002. © Alec Soth | Magnum Photos