Magnum Poster: Fountain City, Wisconsin, 2002 Fine Prints the scene contrasts the intensity

the scene contrasts the intensity of nature with the subdued presence of built structures

which gradually seeped into his work from 1941 right up until the end of his life

From grandstanding politicians and celebrity culture to cinematic vistas

Ernest Hemingway and Capa met during the Spanish Civil War

they let me photograph them

Magnum Poster: Fountain City, Wisconsin, 2002 Fine Prints the scene contrasts the intensityAlec Soths work is rooted in the American photographic tradition that Walker Evans famously termed documentary style. Concerned with the mythologies and oddities that proliferate Americas 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; Its more like poetry than writing a novel.