During the first edition of IPM, International Month of Photojournalism of Padova, Italy, May 10th to 26th, is on show “The Suffering of Light” exhibition by Alex Webb.

“In the late 70s, I started taking colour photos in Haiti and Mexico, countries of tropical light, where the intense colour seems in some way to be rooted in the very culture; very different to the brownie-grey tones of my native New England. From the very start I was intrigued not only by the bright light and the flaring, often dominant colour but also the flutter of outdoor life in the tropics, life on verandas and the streets, and the incompleteness, the disharmony of the tropical world, where an autochthonous culture often receives unprompted changes from the culture of the north. After some time working in the Caribbean basin and Latin America, I also realized that I was interested in border territories, like for example between the USA and Mexico. In other words, those places where different cultures cohabit, sometimes peacefully and others hostilely.” – Alex Webb

About Alex Webb

Alex Webb has published 16 photography books, including The Suffering of Light, a survey book of 30 years of his color photographs. He’s exhibited at museums worldwide including the Whitney Museum of American Art, N.Y., the High Museum of Art, Atlanta, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. A Magnum Photos member since 1979, his work has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, National Geographic, and other publications. He has received numerous awards including a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2007. His most recent books are La Calle: Photographs from Mexico and the collaboration Slant Rhymes with Rebecca Norris Webb.

“I only know how to approach a place by walking. For what does a street photographer do but walk and watch and wait and talk, and then watch and wait some more, trying to remain confident that the unexpected, the unknown, or the secret heart of the known awaits just around the corner”
– Alex Webb

Best known for his vibrant and complex color work, especially from Latin America and the Caribbean, Alex Webb has published 16 photography books, including The Suffering of Light and more recently, Memory City(with Rebecca Norris Webb), a meditation about film, time, and the city of Rochester, NY, itself, the long-time home of Kodak, in the year following the company’s bankruptcy. Alex has exhibited at museums worldwide including the Whitney Museum of American Art, NY, the High Museum of Art, Atlanta, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. His work is in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, and the Guggenheim Museum, NY.

More info about Alex Webb on:
https://www.magnumphotos.com/photographer/alex-webb/

About exhibition:
https://www.impfestival.com/en/portfolio-item/the-suffering-of-light-alex-webb-2/