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Alex Webb is an American photographer and member of the Magnum Photos agency. He is best known for his vibrant color photography of the streets of the United States, Mexico, and the Caribbean. Born on May 5, 1952, in San Francisco, California, Webb grew up in a family of photographers. His father, David Webb, was a commercial photographer, and his mother, Mary Webb, was a photojournalist. Webb began taking pictures at the age of 10, and by the time he was in high school, he was already developing his own style of photography. After graduating from high school, Webb attended the San Francisco Art Institute, where he studied photography and painting. After graduating in 1975, he moved to New York City and began working as a freelance photographer. In 1979, Webb joined Magnum Photos, the prestigious photography agency founded by Henri Cartier-Bresson and Robert Capa. Since then, he has traveled extensively, photographing in the United States, Mexico, and the Caribbean. His work has been featured in numerous publications, including National Geographic, The New York Times Magazine, and Life. Webb has received numerous awards for his work, including the Leica Medal of Excellence, the W. Eugene Smith Grant, and the Guggenheim Fellowship. He has also published several books, including The Suffering of Light (2011) and Memory City (2015). As of 2021, Alex Webb's net worth is estimated to be roughly $2 million.

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Age 72 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 5 May 1952
Birthday 5 May
Birthplace San Francisco, California
Nationality United States

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2007

He has exhibited at museums worldwide, including the Whitney Museum of Art, NYC, the Metropolitan Museum, NYC, and the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, Georgia. He was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2007. He has contributed to Geo, Time, National Geographic, and The New York Times Magazine among others.

1986

He's authored 16 books, including Hot Light/Half-Made Worlds (1986), Under a Grudging Sun (1989) From The Sunshine State (1996), Amazon (1997) Crossings (2003), Istanbul (2007), The Suffering of Light (2011), La Calle (2016), as well as five books with photographer Rebecca Norris Webb, his wife and creative partner—Violet Isle (2009), Memory City (2014), Alex Webb and Rebecca Norris Webb on Street Photography and the Poetic Image (2014), Slant Rhymes (2017), and Brooklyn: The City Within (2019).

1972

Born in San Francisco, Webb was raised in New England. Webb first became interested in photography as a high school student and in 1972 attended the Apeiron Workshops in Millerton, New York, where he met Magnum photographers Bruce Davidson and Charles Harbutt. He went on to study history and literature at Harvard University (graduating in 1974), but also studied photography at the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts. By 1974 he was working as a photojournalist and in 1976 he became an associate member of Magnum Photos. During this time he documented small-town life in the American South. He also did some work in the Caribbean and Mexico, which led him, in 1978, to begin working in color, which he has continued to do.

1952

Alex Webb (born May 5, 1952) is a photographer known for his vibrant and complex color photographs. He has been a member of Magnum Photos since 1979.