Alec Soth: Photographic Storytelling
Season 1, Episode 7: Key Projects: Broken Manual
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Soth presents Broken Manual, a project which explores the desire to disappear. Telling the story of people who crave an escape from their lives and civilization, it represents a departure from the pure documentary approach that Soth was known for, moving instead toward a more conceptual, fragmentary approach to narrative storytelling.
All Episodes - Season 1
Episode 1
Beginnings
Episode 2
Approaching Photography
Episode 3
Inspiration & Influences
Episode 4
Creative Development
Episode 5
Key Projects: Sleeping by the Mississippi
Episode 6
Key Projects: NIAGARA
Episode 7
Key Projects: Broken Manual
Episode 8
Key Projects: Songbook
Episode 9
Key Projects: I Know How Furiously Your Heart Is Beating
Episode 10
Building a Narrative Project
Episode 11
Case Study: The Griz
Episode 12
Case Study: The Canvas
Episode 13
Case Study: The County Fair
Episode 14
People
Episode 15
Editing & Reflection
Episode 16
Photobooks: Part One
Episode 17
Photobooks: Part Two
Episode 18
Outputs
Episode 19
Advice