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Alex Webb
PhotographerKnown for:
densely layered color photography at cultural border zones
Education:
Harvard University (BA, history and literature, 1974)
Alex Webb joined Magnum Photos in 1976 and has spent the following decades photographing the border zones between cultures - the Caribbean, the American Southwest, Haiti, Mexico - with a dense, layered color style that packs multiple narrative planes into a single frame. His wife, Rebecca Norris Webb, is also a photographer and frequent collaborator. He has said that he is drawn to situations he does not understand.
Alex Webb's Gear List(2)
Leica
Connection Source
AboutphotographyInterview
Connection note
Webb uses Leica rangefinder cameras for his layered color street photography. His use of Leica M bodies is documented in Magnum Photos interviews and in his published conversations.
Product description
The M6, produced from 1984 to 1998, was the first M-series Leica to include a through-the-lens exposure meter. It retained the mechanical shutter and M bayonet mount of earlier cameras, maintaining full compatibility with decades of Leica M lenses.
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Last updated March 20, 2026
