Tag: Alex Webb
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Alex Webb on How Color Photography Changes His Way of Seeing
Alex Webb on How Color Photography Changes His Way of Seeing Since the 1970s, Alex Webb has distilled gesture, light, and color into layered compositions, creating a “chronicle of the street.” via Aperture: https://aperture.org/editorial/how-alex-webb-sees-in-color/ Three years after my first trip to Haiti, I realized there was another emotional note that had to be reckoned with:…
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Alex Webb on Reimagining a Photobook, Twenty-Five Years Later
Alex Webb on Reimagining a Photobook, Twenty-Five Years Later In a new edition of a long out-of-print volume, Webb draws from photographs across many locations. Here, he considers the act of photography as a form of dislocation in itself. via Aperture: https://aperture.org/editorial/alex-webb-on-reimagining-a-photobook-twenty-five-years-later/ This new version of Dislocations—with some eighty photographs made on five continents—incorporates nearly…
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Waves: Alex Webb and Rebecca Norris Webb – LENSCRATCH
Waves: Alex Webb and Rebecca Norris Webb – LENSCRATCH Waves (Radius Books 2022) by creative partners Alex Webb and Rebecca Norris Webb includes photographs and text that navigate the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. These photographs were captured by Alex and Rebecca in Cape Cod, Massachusetts from March 2020 via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2022/09/waves-alex-webb-and-rebecca-norris-webb/ Many people were…
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11 Photographers on Seeking the Unexpected in Their Work
11 Photographers on Seeking the Unexpected in Their Work Sabiha Çimen, Susan Meiselas, Alex Webb, and more on how happy accidents and unusual turns led to their most memorable images. via Aperture: https://aperture.org/editorial/11-photographers-on-seeking-the-unexpected-in-their-work/ Sabiha Çimen, Susan Meiselas, Alex Webb, and more on how happy accidents and unusual turns led to their most memorable images.
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11 Photographers Reflect on Images of Solidarity – Aperture Foundation NY
12 Photographers Reflect on Images of Solidarity Bruce Davidson, Miranda Barnes, Sohrab Hura and more on how photographs can represent solidarity—from demonstrations of unity in the face of adversity and oppression, to moments of community and connection. via Aperture Foundation NY: https://aperture.org/blog/12-photographers-reflect-on-images-of-solidarity/ How can photographs represent solidarity? From Bruce Davidson’s iconic images of the Civil…
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Turning Points: Life-Changing Moments by Magnum Photographers – Photographs and texts courtesy of Magnum Photos | LensCulture
Turning Points: Life-Changing Moments by Magnum Photographers – Photographs and texts courtesy of Magnum Photos | LensCulture From iconic images of major world events, to intimate moments of pleasure and delight — here is an outstanding selection of remarkable images from Magnum Photos — each with a personal story via LensCulture: https://www.lensculture.com/articles/magnum-photos-turning-points-life-changing-moments-by-magnum-photographers From iconic images…
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Redefining Street Photography with Alex and Rebecca Norris Webb – Photographs by Alex Webb and Rebecca Norris Webb | Interview by Cat Lachowskyj | LensCulture
Redefining Street Photography with Alex and Rebecca Norris Webb – Photographs by Alex Webb and Rebecca Norris Webb | Interview by Cat Lachowskyj | LensCulture Photography duo Alex and Rebecca Norris Webb offer insight into the evolution of their practice, and why the genre of street photography isn’t so easy to define via LensCulture: https://www.lensculture.com/articles/rebecca-norris-and-alex-webb-redefining-street-photography-with-alex-and-rebecca-norris-webb…
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'Violet Isle': Alex Webb and Rebecca Norris Webb on their new photography book | RESOLVE
Link: Alex Webb and Rebecca Norris Webb are both photographers. They also happen to be married to one another. Alex, a member of Magnum Photos, is known for his lyrical street photography, collected in books including Istanbul, Crossings, and Amazon. Rebecca published her first photography book, The Glass Between Us: Reflections of Urban Creatures, in…
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Leica & Magnum: Photographs from the Streets of Chicago by Alex Webb
Link: This photo essay, part of our collaboration with Magnum Photos, documents Alex Webb’s exploration of Chicago and the Loop. Inspired in part by one of his early influences, Ray Metzker’s “My Camera and I in the Loop,” he explores the streets of the US’s “Second City.”
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Extraordinary New Book Unveils the Untold Stories of the World’s Greatest Photojournalists – Feature Shoot
Extraordinary New Book Unveils the Untold Stories of the World’s Greatest Photojournalists The duty of a photojournalist, according to many, is to remain detached in a moment of crisis, to compartmentalize scenes of violence and war from the goings on of everyday life. As suggested by Italian journalist Mario Calabresi in his extraordinary book Eyes…
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Capturing Complexity and Color in Mexico – The New York Times
Capturing Complexity and Color in Mexico A book and exhibition feature the lush, multilayered photographs of Alex Webb — works that represent over 40 trips throughout Mexico. via Lens Blog: https://archive.nytimes.com/lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/09/06/capturing-complexity-and-color-in-mexico/ When Alex Webb first walked across the bridge from El Paso to Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, in 1975, he was a 23-year-old hotshot photographer. He…
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Celebrating 10 Years Of Digital M Photography – The Leica Camera Blog
Link: A wonderful time, it’s the birthday of digital M photography. We would like to take this significant anniversary to share a small but nice selection of M photographers and their images whom influenced digital M photography with their inspiring pictures: Max Malatesta, Ram Shergill and Alex Webb.
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A Marriage of Lives and Photos – The New York Times
A Marriage of Lives and Photos In “Slant Rhymes,” Alex Webb and Rebecca Norris Webb have a visual dialogue, sometimes ambiguous and suggestive, that spans the couple’s relationship. via Lens Blog: https://archive.nytimes.com/lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2017/08/29/a-marriage-of-lives-and-photos/ The photographers Alex Webb and Rebecca Norris Webb have produced a book, “Slant Rhymes,” that pairs images by each of them in diptychs.…
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The changing face of Brooklyn: New York’s most colourful borough
The changing face of Brooklyn, New York’s most colourful borough. After three decades spent capturing stories around the world, Magnum Photographer Alex Webb finally decided to return home to Williamsburg – a place that champions chaos, diversity and community spirit. Link: https://www.huckmag.com/shorthand_story/the-changing-face-of-brooklyn-new-yorks-most-colourful-borough/ After three decades spent capturing stories around the world, Magnum Photographer Alex Webb…
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A Photographic Duet Inspired by the Glittering “Violet Isle” of the Caribbean – Feature Shoot
A Photographic Duet Inspired by the Glittering “Violet Isle” of the Caribbean – Feature Shoot © Rebecca Norris Webb © Alex Webb For more than a century, Cuba has mesmerized the world, beckoning visitors to its vibrant shores and the rich fertile soil that has… via Feature Shoot: https://www.featureshoot.com/2018/08/a-photographic-duet-inspired-by-the-glittering-violet-isle-of-the-caribbean/ Over a period of 15 years,…
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Alex Webb and his exhibition at Photo London 2016 – The Leica Camera Blog
Alex Webb and his exhibition at Photo London 2016 In light of the second annual Photo London fair taking place from 19-22 of May at Somerset House, London, Leica has partnered with Photo London, bringing an outstanding body of work from the prestigious Magnum photographer, Alex Webb. “Selections” incorporates a collection of powerful and intense…
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Dialogues: 36 Photographs & 20 Poems – The Eye of Photography
Dialogues: 36 Photographs & 20 Poems Dialogues: 36 Photographs & 20 Poems is a new publication from 205-A and the first book in a series that explores the intersection between photography and poetry. The publishers, Aaron Stern and Jordan Sullivan worked in collaboration with poets Tom Sleigh and Will Schutt to bring together these unique pairings.…
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M-Magazine is a new magazine dedicated to Leica M photography | Leica News & Rumors
M-Magazine is a new magazine dedicated to Leica M photography – Leica Rumors M Magazine is a new magazine for Leica M Photography (available on iTunes | Google Play). The first issue features Bruce Gilden, Trent Parke, Alex Webb, Jan Grarup, Anton Kusters, Ciril Jazbec and other pictures taken by acclaimed Leica photographers: Rel via Leica…
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In Kodak’s Hometown, Memory and History
In Kodak’s Hometown, Memory and History Alex Webb and his wife, Rebecca Norris Webb, went to Rochester to document the fabled, if worn, home of Kodak. They returned to explore a city with a rich history and culture. via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/06/24/in-kodak-alex-webb-rochester-rebecca-norris-webb-photos-memory/ Alex Webb and Rebecca Norris Webb, a husband and wife photography team, documented…
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‘Memory City’: A Eulogy for Rochester, Kodak’s Company Town – LightBox
LightBox | Time Read the latest stories about LightBox on Time via Time: http://lightbox.time.com/2014/06/24/kodak-memory-city/#1 When Alex Webb was photographing at the Seabreeze Amusement Park in Rochester, N.Y., a man turned to the Magnum photographer, looked at his digital Leica and said: “You know, I designed the sensor for that camera.”