Documentary Photography. Łódź (20/01/2015)

Elpidio del Campo
Miguel Hernández University (Elche, Spain)
Elpidio del Campo
Miguel Hernández University (Elche, Spain)
From Journalism to Art (Łódź, 2015)
A little journey to the Contemporary Documentary Photography
From Journalism to Art (Łódź, 2015)
A little journey to the Contemporary Documentary Photography

Journalism Faculty (Elche)Journalism Faculty (Elche)
(Connecting Photography)(Connecting Photography)
Fine Arts Faculty (Altea)Fine Arts Faculty (Altea)
Journalism Faculty (Elche)Journalism Faculty (Elche)

Mapping the Blind Spots (PhotoEspaña 2014)
Two long standing photo collectives collaborate in a publishing and exhibition project involving the recognition
of their archives.
In the last years, both photography groups have researched on historical, socio-cultural and geographical
aspects of their immediate surroundings: Eastern Europe (in case of SPUTNIK) and Western Europe (in case of
NOPHOTO).
http://nophoto.org/mapping-the-blind-spots/en
Mapping the Blind Spots (PhotoEspaña 2014)
Two long standing photo collectives collaborate in a publishing and exhibition project involving the recognition
of their archives.
In the last years, both photography groups have researched on historical, socio-cultural and geographical
aspects of their immediate surroundings: Eastern Europe (in case of SPUTNIK) and Western Europe (in case of
NOPHOTO).
http://nophoto.org/mapping-the-blind-spots/en
Collective NoPhoto & Sputnik PhotoCollective NoPhoto & Sputnik Photo

Mapping the Blind Spot NoPhoto & Sputnik PhotoMapping the Blind Spot NoPhoto & Sputnik Photo

Within next few years he received grants from Magnum Foundation, Polish Ministry of Culture and European
Cultural Foundation. His pictures and books have been awarded with World Press Photo, Pictures of the Year
International, Magnum Expression Awards, Photography Book Now and New York Photo Festival awards.
Works in collections of Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts in Japan, Brandts Museum for Kunst & Visuel
Kultur and CO Berlin.
http://rafalmilach.com/bio/
Sputnik Photos is an international collective founded in 2006 by documentary photographers from Central
and Eastern Europe
http://www.sputnikphotos.com/?p=2133
Within next few years he received grants from Magnum Foundation, Polish Ministry of Culture and European
Cultural Foundation. His pictures and books have been awarded with World Press Photo, Pictures of the Year
International, Magnum Expression Awards, Photography Book Now and New York Photo Festival awards.
Works in collections of Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts in Japan, Brandts Museum for Kunst & Visuel
Kultur and CO Berlin.
http://rafalmilach.com/bio/
Sputnik Photos is an international collective founded in 2006 by documentary photographers from Central
and Eastern Europe
http://www.sputnikphotos.com/?p=2133
Rafal Milach / Sputnik PhotosRafal Milach / Sputnik Photos

7 Rooms
http://rafalmilach.com/7-rooms/
Over a period of several years, Rafal Milach accompanied seven young people living in the Russian cities of
Moscow, Yekaterinburg and Krasnoyarsk. In intimate pictures, he portrays a generation caught up between
the mentality of the old Soviet regime and Russia of the Putin era.
7 Rooms
http://rafalmilach.com/7-rooms/
Over a period of several years, Rafal Milach accompanied seven young people living in the Russian cities of
Moscow, Yekaterinburg and Krasnoyarsk. In intimate pictures, he portrays a generation caught up between
the mentality of the old Soviet regime and Russia of the Putin era.
Rafal MilachRafal Milach

From the project 7 Rooms Rafal MilachFrom the project 7 Rooms Rafal Milach

Book 7 Rooms Rafal MilachBook 7 Rooms Rafal Milach

Zacheta National Gallery of Art / Warsaw, Poland 2012Zacheta National Gallery of Art / Warsaw, Poland 2012

7 Rooms (Video)
by Rafal Milach. Music by 5'nizza.
http://vimeo.com/40786442
7 Rooms (Video)
by Rafal Milach. Music by 5'nizza.
Rafal MilachRafal Milach
ProjectProject BookBook
VideoVideo
ExhibitionExhibition
PhotographsPhotographs

He is a member of Panos Pictures and has won two World Press Photo awards, as well as the Leica Ville de
Vevey, UNICEF Children's Awareness Photograph of the Year and the Descubrimientos award for PhotoEspana
1998. Matias has received grants from the Fondation Hachette, Fundacion LaCaixa, the Spanish Ministry of
Culture and the Joop Swart Masterclass.
His work is part of the permanent collections at the Moscow Photography Museum, the Region of Madrid, the
Spanish Ministry of Culture, Rotterdam Photographic Institute and a number of private collections.
http://www.panos.co.uk/photographers/
He is a member of Panos Pictures and has won two World Press Photo awards, as well as the Leica Ville de
Vevey, UNICEF Children's Awareness Photograph of the Year and the Descubrimientos award for PhotoEspana
1998. Matias has received grants from the Fondation Hachette, Fundacion LaCaixa, the Spanish Ministry of
Culture and the Joop Swart Masterclass.
His work is part of the permanent collections at the Moscow Photography Museum, the Region of Madrid, the
Spanish Ministry of Culture, Rotterdam Photographic Institute and a number of private collections.
http://www.panos.co.uk/photographers/
Matias CostaMatias Costa

When we are all rich
Beijing reeks of money, of an unstoppable city which is devouring itself and spewing out cement, dollars and
people. Because 'China will be even greater', say the youngsters glued to their mobile telephones, 'when we
are all rich.‘
http://www.panos.co.uk/stories/1-5-1092-1561-MCO/Matias-Costa/
When we are all rich
Beijing reeks of money, of an unstoppable city which is devouring itself and spewing out cement, dollars and
people. Because 'China will be even greater', say the youngsters glued to their mobile telephones, 'when we
are all rich.‘
http://www.panos.co.uk/stories/1-5-1092-1561-MCO/Matias-Costa/
Matias CostaMatias Costa

From the story When we are all rich
(Beijing) Matias Costa
From the story When we are all rich
(Beijing) Matias Costa

From the story When we are all rich (Beijing) Matias CostaFrom the story When we are all rich (Beijing) Matias Costa

From the project When we are all rich (Beijing) Matias CostaFrom the project When we are all rich (Beijing) Matias Costa

Though photography began for Piotr Malecki as a way of filling the slack hours after school it soon developed
into a full-blown passion, and completely defined his professional life.
Choosing first to study film-making at Silesian University in Katowice, Piotr then moved to the UK to study
photography in Bournemouth, returning to Poland as a staff photographer for the weekly news magazine
Wprost. He soon recognized that in order to tell stories of importance, and to satiate his wanderlust he
needed to go freelance, a decision which has taken him across Europe, Russia, China, Palestine, and the USA.
Piotr’s work has been published in the New York Times, the Guardian, Der Spiegel, Stern, Newsweek Japan
and Poland, Polityka Magazine, and National Geographic Poland.
http://www.panos.co.uk/stories/1-5-1317-1823-PMA/Piotr-Malecki/
Though photography began for Piotr Malecki as a way of filling the slack hours after school it soon developed
into a full-blown passion, and completely defined his professional life.
Choosing first to study film-making at Silesian University in Katowice, Piotr then moved to the UK to study
photography in Bournemouth, returning to Poland as a staff photographer for the weekly news magazine
Wprost. He soon recognized that in order to tell stories of importance, and to satiate his wanderlust he
needed to go freelance, a decision which has taken him across Europe, Russia, China, Palestine, and the USA.
Piotr’s work has been published in the New York Times, the Guardian, Der Spiegel, Stern, Newsweek Japan
and Poland, Polityka Magazine, and National Geographic Poland.
http://www.panos.co.uk/stories/1-5-1317-1823-PMA/Piotr-Malecki/
Piotr MaleckiPiotr Malecki

The Call Centre
Call centre consultants are like doctors - they need to get under the client's skin to find out the most effective
way of selling a product or getting valuable feedback. Call centre work is readily available and in most cases
doesn't require any qualifications or previous experience. What counts are interpersonal skills and
adaptability to different situations and character types.
The proliferation of call centers, dating back to the 1990s and the spread of computer technology, has gone
hand in hand with fierce cost cutting and competition for custom in Western economies. Call centers in places
as diverse as southern India and Malaysia now farm out their consultants to numerous clients at the same
time and service a diverse range of industries, from mobile phone operators and cosmetics retailers to banks
and debt consolidation agencies.
Piotr Malecki (Napo Imágenes, "Polítika")
http://www.panos.co.uk/bin/panos2.dll/go?a=disp&t=gl-
loader.html&_tlid=1&groupid=5&galleryid=1317&glbid=1823&_currentPhoto=0&_pname=PMA&si=A40EBC4
2808B4A7BAC53C75C609868&rnd=1039.5.11
The Call Centre
Call centre consultants are like doctors - they need to get under the client's skin to find out the most effective
way of selling a product or getting valuable feedback. Call centre work is readily available and in most cases
doesn't require any qualifications or previous experience. What counts are interpersonal skills and
adaptability to different situations and character types.
The proliferation of call centers, dating back to the 1990s and the spread of computer technology, has gone
hand in hand with fierce cost cutting and competition for custom in Western economies. Call centers in places
as diverse as southern India and Malaysia now farm out their consultants to numerous clients at the same
time and service a diverse range of industries, from mobile phone operators and cosmetics retailers to banks
and debt consolidation agencies.
http://www.panos.co.uk/bin/panos2.dll/go?a=disp&t=gl-
loader.html&_tlid=1&groupid=5&galleryid=1317&glbid=1823&_currentPhoto=0&_pname=PMA&si=A40EBC4
2808B4A7BAC53C75C609868&rnd=1039.5.11

From the story Call Center Piotr MaleckiFrom the story Call Center Piotr Malecki

"Call Centre Poland" call centre in Gora Kalwaria near Warsaw. Piotr Malecki"Call Centre Poland" call centre in Gora Kalwaria near Warsaw. Piotr Malecki

Call center (2º Prize Photocast Category 2011)
Video, stills and editing by Piotr Malecki (5:23)
This multimedia looks at the pressure young people face in call centers in Poland.
http://www.panos.co.uk/blog/?p=5734
Call center (2º Prize Photocast Category 2011)
Video, stills and editing by Piotr Malecki (5:23)
This multimedia looks at the pressure young people face in call centers in Poland.
http://www.panos.co.uk/blog/?p=5734

Pep Bonet (Mallorca, 1974) is an award-winning filmmaker and photographer who has traveled extensively
capturing profound moments that represent the unbalanced world in which we live. His longer-term projects
focus on African issues, with his most well known project being “Faith in Chaos”, a photo essay on the
aftermath of the war in Sierra Leone. Pep's ongoing work around the globe on HIV/Aids has led to several
photography books and many exhibitions worldwide.
http://noorimages.com/photographer/bonet/
Being extremely fascinated by the fact that HDDSLR photo cameras nowadays also have the capability of
shooting HD films, Pep crafted himself into shooting documentaries with DSLR cameras. This resulted in
several short documentary films, amongst which the award winning ‘Into the Shadows’, a pursuit into the lives
of hundreds of thousands of Africans living in the inner city of Johannesburg.
Into the shadows Online Short , 2013 , (1st prize World Press Photo)
People from neighboring countries move to South Africa in search of a better life. In inner-city Johannesburg,
many of them struggle for acceptance in the face of discrimination, but are resourceful and persistent in their
hope for the future.
http://www.worldpressphoto.org/video/shadows
Pep Bonet (Mallorca, 1974) is an award-winning filmmaker and photographer who has traveled extensively
capturing profound moments that represent the unbalanced world in which we live. His longer-term projects
focus on African issues, with his most well known project being “Faith in Chaos”, a photo essay on the
aftermath of the war in Sierra Leone. Pep's ongoing work around the globe on HIV/Aids has led to several
photography books and many exhibitions worldwide.
http://noorimages.com/photographer/bonet/
Being extremely fascinated by the fact that HDDSLR photo cameras nowadays also have the capability of
shooting HD films, Pep crafted himself into shooting documentaries with DSLR cameras. This resulted in
several short documentary films, amongst which the award winning ‘Into the Shadows’, a pursuit into the lives
of hundreds of thousands of Africans living in the inner city of Johannesburg.
Into the shadows Online Short , 2013 , (1st prize World Press Photo)
People from neighboring countries move to South Africa in search of a better life. In inner-city Johannesburg,
many of them struggle for acceptance in the face of discrimination, but are resourceful and persistent in their
hope for the future.
http://www.worldpressphoto.org/video/shadows
Pep BonetPep Bonet

Blackfields: poland’s coal industry. Pep BonetBlackfields: poland’s coal industry. Pep Bonet

Pep BonetPep Bonet
Blackfields
Poland has one of the highest numbers of lakes in the world and the current developments of expanding
mining throughout the country will have a serious impact on these natural resources. Devastating effects can
occur on the fragile ecosystem endangering several species. Marshes and peat bogs can also dry up, causing
irreversible destruction.
Researchers believe that the impact of these new mining operations will affect not only surrounding areas but
also regions hundreds of kilometers away. If mining companies continue to refuse considering these facts and
reevaluate their plans, the damage caused by opencast mining in Poland might have only begun.
Based on a story by Marta Kazmierska | Greenpeace.
Blackfields
Poland has one of the highest numbers of lakes in the world and the current developments of expanding
mining throughout the country will have a serious impact on these natural resources. Devastating effects can
occur on the fragile ecosystem endangering several species. Marshes and peat bogs can also dry up, causing
irreversible destruction.
Researchers believe that the impact of these new mining operations will affect not only surrounding areas but
also regions hundreds of kilometers away. If mining companies continue to refuse considering these facts and
reevaluate their plans, the damage caused by opencast mining in Poland might have only begun.
Based on a story by Marta Kazmierska | Greenpeace.

Tomasz Wiech (b. 1979). Freelance photographer based in Kraków, Poland. He studied political sciences at the
Jagiellonian University in Kraków and Photography at the Institute of the Creative Photography in Opava
(Czech Republic). Between 2004 – 2010, he collaborated with the Polish daily "Gazeta Wyborcza".
Prize winner in the World Press Photo competition in 2008 and finalist of Leica Oscar Barnack Award in 2011
and Magnum Expression Award in 2012. Awarded a scholarship of the Polish Ministry of Culture and National
Heritage in 2010 and a grant from the National Centre of Culture (CSW) in 2011.
His book entitled "Poland. In Search of Diamonds" was nominated in the Photo-Eye Best Book competition in
2012.
His pictures have been shown in Poland, Lithuania, the Czech Republic, France, Portugal, Germany and
Belgium.
http://www.tomaszwiech.com/biography.php
Tomasz Wiech (b. 1979). Freelance photographer based in Kraków, Poland. He studied political sciences at the
Jagiellonian University in Kraków and Photography at the Institute of the Creative Photography in Opava
(Czech Republic). Between 2004 – 2010, he collaborated with the Polish daily "Gazeta Wyborcza".
Prize winner in the World Press Photo competition in 2008 and finalist of Leica Oscar Barnack Award in 2011
and Magnum Expression Award in 2012. Awarded a scholarship of the Polish Ministry of Culture and National
Heritage in 2010 and a grant from the National Centre of Culture (CSW) in 2011.
His book entitled "Poland. In Search of Diamonds" was nominated in the Photo-Eye Best Book competition in
2012.
His pictures have been shown in Poland, Lithuania, the Czech Republic, France, Portugal, Germany and
Belgium.
http://www.tomaszwiech.com/biography.php
Tomasz WiechTomasz Wiech

Something Private
https://www.lensculture.com/tomasz-wiech?modal=true&modal_type=project&modal_project_id=4012
Today more and more people work in big corporations where they spend most of the day. The office becomes
their home and their apartments turn into bedrooms. Cool open space areas in big corporations are always
the same, regardless of their geographic location or economic context. When empty, they seem like the
essence of mediocrity and homogenization. Luckily, when filled with people, they show their more human
dimension.
Something Private
Today more and more people work in big corporations where they spend most of the day. The office becomes
their home and their apartments turn into bedrooms. Cool open space areas in big corporations are always
the same, regardless of their geographic location or economic context. When empty, they seem like the
essence of mediocrity and homogenization. Luckily, when filled with people, they show their more human
dimension.

From the project Something Private Tomasz WiechFrom the project Something Private Tomasz Wiech

From the project Something Private Tomasz Wiech. 'Corporate Breakfast' got 3rd prize in category Daily Life in WPP 2009.From the project Something Private Tomasz Wiech. 'Corporate Breakfast' got 3rd prize in category Daily Life in WPP 2009.

Poland. In search of diamonds
This is a country where anything's allowed. Here every, even the wildest relationship, becomes flesh. Our
version of beauty has nothing in common with the utterly clichéd classic of Tuscany or Andalucia. Our beauty
is an elixir for the initiated, those prepared for a surprise, for difficulty, a bold metaphor, a combination that
seems to come from one's wildest dreams. Poland is a land of cowboys, galloping dinosaurs, camels, dwarves,
plastic bison and the biggest Jesus in the world, a land where any, even the most fantastical architectural form
is allowed, a land like a great big question mark. A land of great adventure.
Part of Michal Olszewski's text from our book "Poland. In search of diamonds“
Poland. In search of diamonds
This is a country where anything's allowed. Here every, even the wildest relationship, becomes flesh. Our
version of beauty has nothing in common with the utterly clichéd classic of Tuscany or Andalucia. Our beauty
is an elixir for the initiated, those prepared for a surprise, for difficulty, a bold metaphor, a combination that
seems to come from one's wildest dreams. Poland is a land of cowboys, galloping dinosaurs, camels, dwarves,
plastic bison and the biggest Jesus in the world, a land where any, even the most fantastical architectural form
is allowed, a land like a great big question mark. A land of great adventure.
Part of Michal Olszewski's text from our book "Poland. In search of diamonds“

From the book Poland. In Search of Diamonds.From the book Poland. In Search of Diamonds.

Jordi Bernadó a member of VU Agency. It´s interested in photography as a way to conceive the city, the
architecture and the urban layout and understands the photographic discipline as a way of knowledge. His
ambition and rigour when he is decoding the surroundings has transcended in a very personal and huge but
complex work. Contradiction, absurdity, hazard and often irony are the sources which Jordi Bernadó flirts with
to point out what’s around him. He won the Fotopress scholarship in 1993 and he was granted by Beca Endesa
X in 2007.
Lives in Barcelona, Spain.
http://www.agencevu.com/photographers/photographer.php?id=250
Jordi Bernadó a member of VU Agency. It´s interested in photography as a way to conceive the city, the
architecture and the urban layout and understands the photographic discipline as a way of knowledge. His
ambition and rigour when he is decoding the surroundings has transcended in a very personal and huge but
complex work. Contradiction, absurdity, hazard and often irony are the sources which Jordi Bernadó flirts with
to point out what’s around him. He won the Fotopress scholarship in 1993 and he was granted by Beca Endesa
X in 2007.
Lives in Barcelona, Spain.
http://www.agencevu.com/photographers/photographer.php?id=250
Jordi BernadóJordi Bernadó

Welcome to Espain (2009)
http://www.agencevu.com/stories/index.php?id=886&p=250
Beyond Bernado's vision of the superficial world and the satire he offers us, we are also given a glimpse of his
inspired personality on this guided tour of the 20th-century playwrights who have brought the senseless and
the ridiculous to the stage, as embodied in the writings of Cervantes and the paintings of Goya. And behind
this cumulus of symbols, there is the depiction of absurdity.
Welcome to Espain (2009)
http://www.agencevu.com/stories/index.php?id=886&p=250
Beyond Bernado's vision of the superficial world and the satire he offers us, we are also given a glimpse of his
inspired personality on this guided tour of the 20th-century playwrights who have brought the senseless and
the ridiculous to the stage, as embodied in the writings of Cervantes and the paintings of Goya. And behind
this cumulus of symbols, there is the depiction of absurdity.
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Jordi BernadóJordi Bernadó

From the story Wellcome to Espain Jordi BernardóFrom the story Wellcome to Espain Jordi Bernardó

From the storie Wellcome to Espain Jordi BernardóFrom the storie Wellcome to Espain Jordi Bernardó

Paraguay
It is a story about us and our knowledge in the Google's reality. I chose Paraguay because name of this country
seems to be familiar for everyone, but , on the other hand, it is mentioned very rarely in mass media. I asked
my friends what they know about Paraguay and how they imagine this country. I connected their expectations
with pictures taken by me in my neighborhood which symbolically correspond to what my friends think about
the distant and unknown Paraguay.
This is the series of pictures about lack of knowledge in the world of information.
Paraguay
It is a story about us and our knowledge in the Google's reality. I chose Paraguay because name of this country
seems to be familiar for everyone, but , on the other hand, it is mentioned very rarely in mass media. I asked
my friends what they know about Paraguay and how they imagine this country. I connected their expectations
with pictures taken by me in my neighborhood which symbolically correspond to what my friends think about
the distant and unknown Paraguay.
This is the series of pictures about lack of knowledge in the world of information.

From the serie Paraguay Tomasz Wiech.From the serie Paraguay Tomasz Wiech.

Manu Bravo (Spain, 1981) is a freelance photojournalist whose work is focused mainly on social conflicts
around the world. Since 2007 he has worked on the impact of natural disasters, political changes, uprisings,
revolutions and wars in countries such as Honduras, Haiti-, Bolivia, Kosovo, Libya, Egypt, Syria, etc...
During the last few years Manu has been working for several NGO's and international news agencies as EPA or
The Associated Press and his shots have been published in most important blogs, magazines and papers.
He works for AP agency and won the Pulitzer Prize.in the category Breaking News Photography In 2013.
http://www.manubrabo.eu/
Manu Bravo (Spain, 1981) is a freelance photojournalist whose work is focused mainly on social conflicts
around the world. Since 2007 he has worked on the impact of natural disasters, political changes, uprisings,
revolutions and wars in countries such as Honduras, Haiti-, Bolivia, Kosovo, Libya, Egypt, Syria, etc...
During the last few years Manu has been working for several NGO's and international news agencies as EPA or
The Associated Press and his shots have been published in most important blogs, magazines and papers.
He works for AP agency and won the Pulitzer Prize.in the category Breaking News Photography In 2013.
http://www.manubrabo.eu/
Manu BraboManu Brabo

Feature: War Prisoner (Libya)
http://www.manubrabo.eu/feature-war-prisoner-libya
This project is a personal and intuitive attempt in build a narration about all these ones who, ironically, have
lost their freedom because of a war created to bring precisely this: “freedom”
This story is mainly motivated because of two experience, strongly linked together. One is my capture and
captivity by troops loyalist to Gadafi. The other one is the verification, not long time after I was released, of
the brutal treatment the rebels where giving to the prisoners loyalist to Gadafi´s regime.
Therefore, in addition to trying to talk about the situation of this prisoners, this essay wants to talk about the
anger, the fury, the abuse, the torture … but specially, about the self-annihilation by the
mutilation of big guest of our desires as human beings: freedom.
So, offering my personal experience I can bring the situation of the prisoners closer, make it more
comprehensible… just as the images of the prisoners can shed some light on my experience.
Feature: War Prisoner (Libya)
http://www.manubrabo.eu/feature-war-prisoner-libya
This project is a personal and intuitive attempt in build a narration about all these ones who, ironically, have
lost their freedom because of a war created to bring precisely this: “freedom”
This story is mainly motivated because of two experience, strongly linked together. One is my capture and
captivity by troops loyalist to Gadafi. The other one is the verification, not long time after I was released, of
the brutal treatment the rebels where giving to the prisoners loyalist to Gadafi´s regime.
Therefore, in addition to trying to talk about the situation of this prisoners, this essay wants to talk about the
anger, the fury, the abuse, the torture … but specially, about the self-annihilation by the
mutilation of big guest of our desires as human beings: freedom.
So, offering my personal experience I can bring the situation of the prisoners closer, make it more
comprehensible… just as the images of the prisoners can shed some light on my experience.
Manu BraboManu Brabo

From the Feature War Prisoner (Libya) Manu BravoFrom the Feature War Prisoner (Libya) Manu Bravo

World Press Photo created in 2011 a new category called Multimedia because they were noting that
professionals were working on that thin line that separate photojournalism of audiovisual documentary.
Analyzing what they were doing, they saw that their work had features that could not be framed in the
traditional reporting journalism.
World Press Photo created in 2011 a new category called Multimedia because they were noting that
professionals were working on that thin line that separate photojournalism of audiovisual documentary.
Analyzing what they were doing, they saw that their work had features that could not be framed in the
traditional reporting journalism.
World Press PhotoWorld Press Photo

1º Prize World Press Photo 2012 Samuel Aranda1º Prize World Press Photo 2012 Samuel Aranda

1º Prize World Press Photo 2013 Paul Hansen1º Prize World Press Photo 2013 Paul Hansen

1º Prize World Press Photo 2014 John Stanmeyer1º Prize World Press Photo 2014 John Stanmeyer

From Art to JournalismFrom Art to Journalism
Alex Soth
(born 1969, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States) is an American photographer, notable for "large-scale American projects"
featuring the midwestern United States.
New York Timesart critic Hilarie M. Sheets wrote that he has made a "photographic career out of finding chemistry with
strangers" and photographs "loners and dreamers“.
Alex Soth
(born 1969, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States) is an American photographer, notable for "large-scale American projects"
featuring the midwestern United States.
New York Timesart critic Hilarie M. Sheets wrote that he has made a "photographic career out of finding chemistry with
strangers" and photographs "loners and dreamers“.
Soth received a Bachelor of Art degree from
Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, New York
Sleeping by the Mississippi. Second printing edition of 25 of the
maquette (first hardcover maquette edition),(note: this maquette edition
was originally created by the artist in 2003 and sent to various publishers
prior to trade publication by Steidl, thus the "not for sale" label). See
more at: http://www.vincentborrelli.com/pages/books/110644/alec-
soth/alec-soth-sleeping-by-the-mississippi-limited-edition-hardbound-
maquette-second-printing#sthash.rbCtY75x.dpuf
In 2004, Soth became a nominee of the Magnum Photos agency and in
2008 he became a full member.
Soth has photographed for The New York Times Magazine, Fortune and
Newsweek.
Soth received a Bachelor of Art degree from
Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, New York
Sleeping by the Mississippi. Second printing edition of 25 of the
maquette (first hardcover maquette edition),(note: this maquette edition
was originally created by the artist in 2003 and sent to various publishers
prior to trade publication by Steidl, thus the "not for sale" label). See
more at: http://www.vincentborrelli.com/pages/books/110644/alec-
soth/alec-soth-sleeping-by-the-mississippi-limited-edition-hardbound-
maquette-second-printing#sthash.rbCtY75x.dpuf
In 2004, Soth became a nominee of the Magnum Photos agency and in
2008 he became a full member.
Soth has photographed for The New York Times Magazine, Fortune and
Newsweek.
ArtArt
JournalismJournalism

Alec Soth from the series, “Sleeping by the Mississippi,” 2000
https://distrito47.wordpress.com/2013/06/02/alec-soth-sleeping-by-the-mississippi/
Alec Soth from the series, “Sleeping by the Mississippi,” 2000
https://distrito47.wordpress.com/2013/06/02/alec-soth-sleeping-by-the-mississippi/

Alec Soth from the series, “Sleeping by the Mississippi,”
2000
https://distrito47.wordpress.com/2013/06/02/alec-soth-
sleeping-by-the-mississippi/
Alec Soth from the series, “Sleeping by the Mississippi,”
2000
https://distrito47.wordpress.com/2013/06/02/alec-soth-
sleeping-by-the-mississippi/

The Luckiest Place on Earth Alec Soth (Magnum) / New York Times Magazine
To accompany the magazine’s cover story on the oil boom in North Dakota, Alec Soth spent a week traveling the state, photographing the locals
and talking to them about their lives.
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/02/03/magazine/north-dakota-photos-audio.html#/?slide=3
The Luckiest Place on Earth Alec Soth (Magnum) / New York Times Magazine
To accompany the magazine’s cover story on the oil boom in North Dakota, Alec Soth spent a week traveling the state, photographing the locals
and talking to them about their lives.
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/02/03/magazine/north-dakota-photos-audio.html#/?slide=3

Southern Gothic Alec Soth (Magnum) / New York Times Magazine
Hunting for the peculiar soul of Georgia. Photographs by Alec Soth
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/09/28/magazine/28Georgia-photoessay-interactive.html?_r=0
Southern Gothic Alec Soth (Magnum) / New York Times Magazine
Hunting for the peculiar soul of Georgia. Photographs by Alec Soth
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/09/28/magazine/28Georgia-photoessay-interactive.html?_r=0

Soth:
“I believe that photography is essentially non-
narrative. That, while it aches to tell stories, it doesn’t
really tell stories that have a beginning, middle and
end. This has constantly frustrated me about the
medium, and I’ve been constantly battling it. What
I’ve come up with, is that when I’m looking at a
photographer’s work, I’m looking as much at that
person’s experience as a photographer in the world,
almost as if they are a first-person narrator, as I’m
looking at the subjects of the photographs.”
https://distrito47.wordpress.com/2013/06/02/alec-
soth-sleeping-by-the-mississippi/
Soth:
“I believe that photography is essentially non-
narrative. That, while it aches to tell stories, it doesn’t
really tell stories that have a beginning, middle and
end. This has constantly frustrated me about the
medium, and I’ve been constantly battling it. What
I’ve come up with, is that when I’m looking at a
photographer’s work, I’m looking as much at that
person’s experience as a photographer in the world,
almost as if they are a first-person narrator, as I’m
looking at the subjects of the photographs.”
https://distrito47.wordpress.com/2013/06/02/alec-
soth-sleeping-by-the-mississippi/

Description / ShowingDescription / Showing
TravelTravel
Narrative / TellingNarrative / Telling
Point of View / Narrator /Storyteller
Outsider
Point of View / Narrator /Storyteller
Outsider
Photographic ArtPhotographic ArtJournalismJournalism
TellingTellingShowingShowing
Dialectics between Description and NarrativeDialectics between Description and Narrative

Tomasz Wiech
Tomasz Wiech
The end of the journeyThe end of the journey
Multimedia/PhotocastMultimedia/Photocast
Panos PicturesPanos Pictures
Napo ImagesNapo Images
Alec SothAlec Soth
World Press PhotoWorld Press Photo
Manu BravoManu Bravo
Matías CostaMatías CostaRafal MilachRafal Milach
Watching the IdentityWatching the Identity
Jordi BernardoJordi Bernardo
Noor ImagesNoor Images
Vu AgencyVu Agency
Sputnik PhotoSputnik Photo
MagnumMagnum
Pep BonetPep Bonet
AP AgencyAP Agency

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