Alec Soth: Photographic Storytelling — Season 1, Episode 7: Key Projects: Broken Manual

Episode synopsis

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.

About Alec Soth: Photographic Storytelling

Across 19 lessons and more than five hours of material, we'll be covering a wide variety of topics; from Alec Soth's early development as an artist, where he finds inspiration and a deep-dive into his key projects, to his insights into portraiture, editing and sequencing, and creating a photobook. You will also follow your tutor as he navigates a range of different photographic scenarios creating new work, initiated after a random act - a dart thrown at a map.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1Beginnings
• E2Approaching Photography
• E3Inspiration & Influences
• E4Creative Development
• E5Key Projects: Sleeping by the Mississippi
• E6Key Projects: NIAGARA
• E8Key Projects: Songbook
• E9Key Projects: I Know How Furiously Your Heart Is Beating
• E10Building a Narrative Project
• E11Case Study: The Griz
• E12Case Study: The Canvas
• E13Case Study: The County Fair