The Suffering of Light

Thirty Years of Photographs by Alex Webb

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A rich collection of work spanning the thirty-year career of Alex Webb, featuring previously unpublished photographs

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Recognized as a pioneer of American colour photography, Alex Webb has since the 1970s consistently created photographs characterized by intense colour and light. Featuring key works alongside previously unpublished photographs, The Suffering of Light is Webbs first comprehensive monograph and provides the most thorough examination to date of this modern masters prolific, thirty-year career.

His work, with its richly layered and complex composition, touches on many genres, including street photography, photojournalism and fine art, but as Webb says, to me it all is photography. You have to go out and explore the world with a camera.

Gathering some of Alex Webbs most iconic images The Suffering of Light brings a fresh perspective to his extensive catalogue.
Extent: 204 pp
Format: quarterbound/plc (no jacket)
Publication date: 2011-05-31
Size: 30.5 x 33.0 cm
ISBN: 9780500543979
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Press Reviews

Colour-bright, intriguingly composed wonders, full of life and awe
Harper’s Bazaar

Beautifully laid-out sequences with full-page reproductions of Webb’s remarkable, multi-layered and astutely composed photographs steeped in light and shadow and saturated with colour … a visual banquet
The Art Newspaper

The first book to truly explore Webb’s 30-year career in depth … a thorough exploration of Webb’s work and well worth its price tag
Amateur Photographer

An epic and stunning picture book from one of the world's best photojournalists
Traveller

About the Author

Alex Webb’s photographs have appeared in a wide range of publications, including the NewYork Times Magazine, Life, Stern and National Geographic, and have been exhibited internationally. He is a recipient of the Leica Medal of Excellence (2000) and the Premio Internacional de Fotografia Alcobendas (2009), and has been a member of Magnum Photos since 1976.

Geoff Dyer is the author of four novels, a critical study of John Berger, and five genre-defying books, which include The Ongoing Moment; But Beautiful, awarded the Somerset Maugham Prize; Out of Sheer Rage, a National Book Critics Circle finalist; and most recently, Jeff inVenice, Death in Varanasi. He lives in London.

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