From the Fashion Magazine Project “Paris/Minnesota” by Alec Soth Wondering what’s his gear? For Sleeping by the Mississippi he used and R.H. Phillips and Sons 8×10 Compact with a Nikon 300mm lens. He continued using this equipment for the serie NIAGARA, and he also added a K.B. Canham 8×10, a Nikon 800 (convertible to 1200mm), and a 210 Super-Angulon. Regarding Dog Days, Bogota he used a Mamiya 6. Film? He mostly uses Kodak Portra NC (400+160). What about lighting? White lightning monolights or hotlights (Lowel)strobes. Regarding his editorial work, he sometimes shoots with a Phase-One Lightphase medium format back. His blog is a full of great tips, discoveries and interesting photo news.
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From the Fashion Magazine Project “Paris/Minnesota” by Alec Soth

Wondering what’s his gear?

For Sleeping by the Mississippi he used and R.H. Phillips and Sons 8×10 Compact with a Nikon 300mm lens.

He continued using this equipment for the serie NIAGARA, and he also added a K.B. Canham 8×10, a Nikon 800 (convertible to 1200mm), and a 210 Super-Angulon.

Regarding Dog Days, Bogota he used a Mamiya 6.

Film?

He mostly uses Kodak Portra NC (400+160).

What about lighting?

White lightning monolights or hotlights (Lowel)strobes.

Regarding his editorial work, he sometimes shoots with a Phase-One Lightphase medium format back.

His blog is a full of great tips, discoveries and interesting photo news.

A Tenacious Imagination.Hooray!  Bubble serie was shot in Paris in 1963 by Melvin Sokolsky.A crane help him to shoot this beautiful images for Harper’s Bazaar.You can see its reflection on the bubble. “The key point is not the technique of how the image was made, but the idea and the vision. If you have the vision it can be rendered in numerous ways; the choices you make become your personal style. All the image-enhancing tools become irrelevant if the idea and vision are not true and engaging.”
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A Tenacious Imagination.Hooray! 

Bubble serie was shot in Paris in 1963 by Melvin Sokolsky.A crane help him to shoot this beautiful images for Harper’s Bazaar.You can see its reflection on the bubble.

“The key point is not the technique of how the image was made, but the idea and the vision. If you have the vision it can be rendered in numerous ways; the choices you make become your personal style. All the image-enhancing tools become irrelevant if the idea and vision are not true and engaging.”