S20 EP02: Photography Season with Alec Soth (pt 2 of 2)

Alec Soth’s work is rooted in the American photographic tradition that Walker Evans famously termed “documentary Style.” Concerned with the mythologies and oddities that proliferate America’s disconnected communities, Soth has an instinct for the relationship between narrative and metaphor. His clarity of voice has drawn many comparisons to literature, but he believes photography to be more fragmented; “It’s more like poetry than writing a novel.”Websitehttps://alecsoth.com/photography/Magnum Photoshttps://www.magnumphotos.com/photographer/alec-soth/Somewhere to Disappear documentaryBook Tickets Now for Photo London 13 to 17 May 2026. Photo London 2026. Photo London is the UK’s leading international fair for photography and image-based art.https://photolondon.org===This podcast is sponsored by Demode Records - https://www.richardlipman.co/demoderecordsPodcast host information - Richard Lipman - linktr.ee/richardlipmanShould you wish to sponsor A Fish out of Water podcast please get in contact by responding to this emailor by visiting the website www.richardlipman.co/afishoutofwaterpodcast Get full access to A Fish out of Water Podcast at afishoutofwaterpodcast.substack.com/subscribe