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1 de oct. de 2018 · Alex Webb first photographed the U.S.–Mexico border in 1975, taking black-and-white photos of the border towns in Mexico and Texas over the next three years. He switched to color in 1979, and would continue photographing through the turn of the millenium, publishing the book Crossings in 2003.
25 de ago. de 2018 · Alex Webb speaks to writer Matthew Leifheit about his vision of Florida, immigrant culture, and photographing private moments in public spaces
7 de oct. de 2016 · Discovering enigmatic scenes in the streets of Mexico, the San Francisco-born photographer Alex Webb takes an inimitable approach to street photography. Raised in New England, Webb first documented American social landscapes across Boston and New York, but often found them soulless and detached.
20 de jun. de 2015 · Alex Webb ha logrado un enorme prestigio con su dominio de la luz y el color, documentando distintos rincones del mundo con imágenes complejas, llenas de vida, donde se palpa la tensión, superpuesta en diferentes capas.
19 de may. de 2008 · From 1975 to 1978, inspired by contemporary photographers such as Robert Frank and Henri Cartier-Bresson, Webb photographed the US/Mexican border in black and white.
Webb’s photographs explore this complex, culturally rich borderland in views of Mexican migrants and American tourists, desolate villages and red-light, honky-tonk border cities. He also focuses on the various forms of smuggling - drugs and people heading north, electronic goods and guns going south - that have come to define the border.
Alex Webb is best known for his complex and vibrant color photographs of serendipitous or enigmatic moments, often in places with socio-political tensions. Over the past 45 years, Webb has worked in places as varied as the U.S.-Mexico border, Haiti, Istanbul, and, most recently, a number of U.S. cities.
