Biography:
Alec Soth was born in 1969, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He studied in Bronxville, New York at ''Sarah Lawrence College''. Soth received international acclaim when his photographs were featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions. In 2009, a large survey exhibition of Soth's work has exhibited at the ''Jeu de Paume'' in Paris, France and ''Fotomuseum Winterthur'' in Switzerland. In 2010, the ''Walker Art Center'' mounted a all-inclusive exhibition with an accompanying catalogue titled ''From Here To There'', Alec Soth's America. His first monograph, ''sleeping by the mississippi'' that was published by 'Steldl' in 2004 to critical acclaim. Since then Soth has published the following:
- ''Niagara'' (2006)
- ''Fashion Magazine'' (2007)
- ''Dog Days, Bogota'' (2007)
- ''The Last Days of W'' (2008)
- ''Broke Manual'' (2010)
In 2008, Soth also started his own publishing company, ''Little Brown Mushroom''.
His work is in the permanent collections of numerous museums. These are:
- The ''Brookyln Museum of Art''
- The ''Los Angeles County Museum of Art''
- The ''Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago''
- The ''Museum of Fine Arts, Houston''
- The ''San Francisco Museum of Modern Art''
- The ''Walker Art Center, Minneapolls''
- The ''Whitney Museum of American Art, New York''
Evaluation: (3 photos)
#1.
Do I like this this image?
I do like this image and the reason on why I do is because of how it gives that 'dreamy' effect with the focus just all on him but yet also gives you that feeling of neglect and disappointment with just how his facial expression shows through.
How does it make me feel?
This image makes me feel as if that the mood of this picture of what I described above of why I like this image is true like it has a certain meaning of why he did it the way he did.
Does the image tell a story?
I think this does tell a story and I believe the story that is told is about 'civilization' and 'society' and what I mean by this is at the fact of that it's a guy in the middle of the woods by himself of where he feels more comfortable and his best.
Was the photographer trying to get a message or particular feeling across to the viewer?
I think the photographer was trying to get a particular feeling across to the viewers and what I mean by this is that I think personally Soth was inspired about these people who hid themselves away because they seemed as if they where a 'downcast' compared to the rest of society.
Leading lines?
This image doesn't use lines to direct the eyes of the viewer, neither does it have any strong diagonals.
How is the space used?
The space around the man is truly necessary so it is used well. I believe this because without that space around him, you wouldn't be able to know where the man habitats which is the whole point of this photo and the rest of the series of ''Broken Manual''.
#2.
Do I like this this image?
I do like this image and the reason on why I do is because it basically tells you story just by the first look and I believe it is showing a Mother and her child of her background and where she lives and from the look of things it doesn't look like a stable, nice, clean environment to raise a child.
How does it make me feel?
This image makes me feel sorrow for the Mother. This because of how it looks like she has nothing, like all her life just involves around emptiness and destruction.
Does the image tell a story?
I think the image does tell a story and I believe the story that is being told is about social classes. What I mean by this is that you get three types of people, lower class, middle class and upper class and the women in the picture is lower class and this is just by my personal opinion and judgement. I've judged it on lower class purely because this photo is in the series off 'Broken Manual'' and it's about people who basically hid their whole lives because they feel they're not 'good' enough.
Was the photographer trying to get a message or particular feeling across to the viewer?
I think the photographer was trying to get a particular feeling across to the viewers and what I believe that feeling is that no matter what class you in, the photographer (soth) found them inspiring into what different world they live.
Leading lines?
This image doesn't use lines to direct the eyes of the viewer, neither does it have any strong diagonals.
How is the space used?
I think the space is used brilliantly and the reason on why I do is because of how the surroundings basically tells you story of which is behind this image.
#3.
Do I like this this image?
I don't like this image and the reason on why I don't is purely because I don't find it appealing as the other images which show above.
How does it make me feel?
This image makes me feel sadness towards him as by the look of things he doesn't have the best of lives and just habitats at home and sticks to himself.
Does the image tell a story?
I think the image does tell a story and what I believe is told is that the man in the image has a 'shabby' life and what I mean by this is that he lives in poor conditions and has lack of care for himself.
Leading lines?
This image doesn't use lines to direct the eyes of the viewer, neither does it have any strong diagonals.
How is the space used?
The space is used well with the mans habitat place in picture and also with no extra 'negative' space that could also be involved.
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