Alex Webb: The Suffering of Light

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“The Suffering of Light” is the first comprehensive monograph charting the career of acclaimed American photographer Alex Webb. Gathering some of his most iconic images, many of which have been taken in the far corners of the earth, this exquisite book brings a fresh standpoint to his extensive catalog. Recognized as a pioneer of American color photography since the 1970s, Webb has consistently created photographs characterized by intense color and light. His work, with its richly layered and complex composition, touches on a couple of genres, including street photography, photojournalism, and fine art, but as Webb claims, “to me it all is photography. It’s important to go out and explore the world with a camera.” Webb’s ability to distill gesture, color and contrasting cultural tensions into single, beguiling frames ends up in evocative images that convey a sense of enigma, irony and humor. Featuring key works alongside in the past unpublished photographs, “The Suffering of Light” provides the most thorough examination to date of this up to date master’s prolific, 30-year career.
The photographs of Alex Webb (born 1952) have seemed in a variety of publications, including “The New York Times Magazine,” “Life,” “Stern” and “National Geographic,” and have been exhibited at the International Center of Photography, New York; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. He’s a recipient of the Leica Medal of Excellence (2000) and the Premio Internacional de Fotografia Alcobendas (2009). A member of Magnum Photos since 1976, Webb lives in New York City.

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