Alex Webb (1)

Some photography books focus on just capturing a poetic image; others focus on the timing, hard work, luck, and hutzpah of street photography. This is not a book reflecting on how to combine them. Instead, it juxtaposes the two approaches. In doing so, it shows how they appear in parallel but never touch. More specifically, in the context of Webb's street photography, the intimacy and the moment of a landscape photograph becomes more evident in Norris Webb's photos. And Norris Webb's landscapes help us to remember that each of Webb's scenes takes place on a street in a neighborhood in a city in a country in a moment plucked out of whole experience. The captions offer humble successes, mistakes, and insights learned from taking these photos. There is a real intimacy to all the photos and comments. This is a beautiful book you'll return to for unexpected inspiration.… (mere)