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Alec Soth
PhotographerKnown for:
large-format documentary photography of American solitude
Education:
Sarah Lawrence College (BA)
Alec Soth photographed along the length of the Mississippi River using an 8×10 view camera for Sleeping by the Mississippi (2004), which established him as a significant figure in American documentary photography. He joined Magnum Photos in 2004. His subsequent projects have maintained his interest in solitary American lives while expanding the formal possibilities of the large-format camera.
Alec Soth's Gear List(1)
Kodak
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Uses Kodak Portra NC (400+160) for most projects including Sleeping by the Mississippi and NIAGARA
Product description
Portra 400 is a fine-grain color negative film rated at ISO 400. Its neutral color balance and wide exposure latitude, useful in situations requiring both shadow and highlight detail, made it a standard film in portrait, documentary, and editorial photography.
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