Get inspired by the vibrant and dynamic work of photographer Alex Webb

Alex Webb became interested in photography during his high school years and attended the Apeiron Workshops in Millerton, New York, in 1972. He majored in history and literature at Harvard University, at the same time studying photography at the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts. In 1974 he began working as a professional photojournalist and he joined Magnum Photos as an associate member in 1976.

During the mid-1970s Webb photographed in the American south, documenting small-town life in black and white. He also began working in the Caribbean and Mexico. In 1978 he started to photograph in color, as he has continued to do. He has published seven photography books, including Hot Light/Half-Made Worlds: Photographs from the Tropics, Under A Grudging Sun, Crossings, the limited edition artist book Dislocations and Istanbul: City of a Hundred Names.

Webb received a New York Foundation of the Arts Grant in 1986, a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in 1990, a Hasselblad Foundation Grant in 1998 and a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2007. He won the Leopold Godowsky Color Photography Award in 1988, the Leica Medal of Excellence in 2000 and the David Octavius Hill Award in 2002. His photographs have been the subject of articles in Art in America and Modern Photography. He has exhibited widely in the United States and Europe, in museums including the Walker Art Center, the Museum of Photographic Arts, the International Center of Photography, the High Museum of Art, the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, and the Whitney Museum of American Art.

Music: Kevin MacLeod

Tags: #AlexWebb #streetphotographers #magnumphotos #magnum #color #serendipity #colorphoto #vibrantcolors #color

[adamcook]

It's nice to see ordinary photos in this group with his masterpieces. Gives hope to the rest of us.

[tadeusz]

I sometimes wonder just how much time Alex spends at his photo locations. For sure, he has a great observational eye, is persistent and sticks around until he sees his frame filled with the right composition. Have talent, do all the above, and serendipity and luck will come to gift you what you are looking for.

[jongreg]

WOW! An absolutely incredible body of work

[olivierbailliard]

About 20% of the pictures are not from him, mostly from Rebecca Norris, his wife…

[Nerdzombiedisco]

WTF? This isn't all his work. Many other photographers, like Mary Ellen Mark and movie stills.

[marquez-offenbach]

I wonder why you use a white background? That burns in the eyes and is not watchable...

[aquilifergroup]

So many movie stills and other photos not by him. Get it together please

[nocommentnoname]

There are some great images in here but frankly there is also a lot of junk.

[chbrownie]

Interesting images, horrible music - truly a turnoff.