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Alex Webb

(American, born 1952)

san ysidro, california, border arrest by alex webb

Alex Webb

San Ysidro, California, Border Arrest, 1979

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bombay, india by alex webb

Alex Webb

Bombay, India, 1981

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cuba. havana by alex webb

Alex Webb

CUBA. Havana, 2002

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grenada. gouyave. bar. 1979. by alex webb

Alex Webb

GRENADA. Gouyave. Bar. 1979., 1979

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mexico. boquillas (border). 1979. jumping. by alex webb

Alex Webb

MEXICO. Boquillas (Border). 1979. Jumping., 1979

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haiti. etroits, la gonave. 1986. by alex webb

Alex Webb

HAITI. Etroits, La Gonave. 1986., 1986

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turkey. istanbul. 2001. outside of the blue mosque during ramadan. by alex webb

Alex Webb

TURKEY. Istanbul. 2001. Outside of the Blue Mosque during Ramadan., 2001

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greece. thessaloniki. 2003. by alex webb

Alex Webb

GREECE. Thessaloniki. 2003., 2003

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encarnación. paraguay. 1990 by alex webb

Alex Webb

Encarnación. Paraguay. 1990, 1990

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grenada by alex webb

Alex Webb

Grenada, 1979

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istanbul, turkey by alex webb

Alex Webb

Istanbul, Turkey, 2001

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leon, mexico by alex webb

Alex Webb

Leon, Mexico, 1987

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Biography

Timeline

1952
Born in San Francisco, CA
1972
Apeiron Photography Workshops with Charles Harbutt, Millerton, New York, NY
1974
Bachelor of Arts, History and Literature, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
1979
Member of Magnum Photos
1980
Overseas Press Club Award
1986
New York State Council on the Arts Grant
1988
Leopold Godowsky, Jr. Color Photography Award
1990
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
W. Eugene Smith Foundation Grant
1998
Hasselblad Foundation

Exhibitions

2008
Disposable People, Southbank Center, London, UK
Presumed Innocence, Decordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA
Alex Webb Fotografie, Villa Bottini. Lucca, Italy (solo)
Color: The Suffering of Light, Vinzavod Center of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia (solo)
The View from Here, Etherton Gallery, Tucson, AZ (solo)
2007
Istanbul, MAC Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey; Sepia International, New York, NY; Joseph Bellows Gallery, La Jolla, CA; Stephen Bulger Gallery, Toronto, Canada (solo)
Hidden in Plain Sight: Contemporary Photographs from the Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
2006
Webbworks, Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA
Crossings, Nordic Light, Kristiansund, Norway; Abertstwyth Arts Centre, Aberstwyth, Wales; Belfast Exposed, Belfast, Ireland (solo)
Viajeros, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA

Public Collections

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.
Getty Center for the Arts and Humanities, Santa Monica, CA
George Eastman House, Rochester, NY
Fuji Museum, Japan
Fondazione Italiana per la Fotografia, Torino, Italy
Fogg Museum of Art, Cambridge, MA
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan College, Middleton, CO
Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, AZ
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA

Literature

2007
Istanbul: City of a Hundred Names, Aperture, New York
2003
Alex Webb Habla Con Max Kozloff, La Fabrica, Spain
Crossings: Photographs from the U.S.-Mexico Border, Monacelli Press, USA
1998 - 1999
Dislocations, Film Study Center at Harvard University, USA
1997
Amazon: From the Floodplains to the Clouds, Monacelli Press, Inc., USA
1996
From The Sunshine State, Monacelli Press, Inc., USA
1989
Under a Grudging Sun: Photographs from Haiti Libere, Thames & Hudson, USA
1986
Hot Light/Half-Made Worlds: Photographs from the Tropics, Thames & Hudson, USA
English (US)

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