This photograph is showing us the mans hobbies and interests, in this project, Soth wanted to show a wide diversity of people in Mississippi. I think that this photo looks like he has been caught during action rather than some of the other photographs in the project which look very staged.
This photograph is showing this womans passion, which from what I can tell, is religion, this project was carried out in Mississippi, which is a state in the bible belt. Soth obviously wanted to show this side of Mississippi in a subtle way.
I really like this photograph, it was taken in a prison in mississippi, it is again showing the religious side of Mississippi with the writing on the top, Soth wanted to show how big a part religion plays in peoples lives.
These are examples of portraiture by Alec Soth, I love his portraits because they show people in mid act, he has caught them in their own home doing whatever they were doing, I also love that the photograph hasn't been cleaned up, the background is cluttered which shows it was an unexpected photograph. Alec Soth's photographs all tend to be quite muted colours which looks quite good I think as they are quite lazy looking photos in general, no one is doing a lot of movement in any of the photos.
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