PBS Feature on Photographer Alec Soth

PBS NewsHour recently aired this interesting and inspiring video profiling photographer Alec Soth, providing a glimpse into what it’s like to work as a fine art photographer. Here’s an interesting quote by Soth in the video,

In a world where there are 500,000 pictures a second being uploaded onto Facebook, what does it mean to be a photographer in that environment?

Soth’s career got a jump start after he was selected for the 2004 Whitney Biennial, and he became a member of Magnum Photos in 2008. Visit Soth’s website here.

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