Alex Webb
- January 4, 2024
- Photographer
Quick Facts
| Full Name | Alex Webb |
| Occupation | Photographer |
| Date Of Birth | May 5, 1952(1952-05-05) |
| Age | 72 |
| Birthplace | San Francisco |
| Country | United States |
| Birth City | California |
| Horoscope | Taurus |
Alex Webb Biography
| Name | Alex Webb |
| Birthday | May 5 |
| Birth Year | 1952 |
| Place Of Birth | San Francisco |
| Home Town | California |
| Birth Country | United States |
| Birth Sign | Taurus |
| Siblings | Nick Webb |
| Spouse | Rebecca Norris Webb |
Alex Webb is one of the most popular and richest Photographer who was born on May 5, 1952 in San Francisco, California, United States. Photographer who has worked with Magnum Photos and is known for his richly colorful and textured street photography. He won the Lucca Photo Festival Award in 2008.
He and Gary Mark Smith are both street photographers.
Since the 1980s Webb has played with numerous jazz, pop and reggae groups including Manchester’s Carmel and Harlem Spirit. As a songwriter he has collaborated with many UK jazz musicians and vocalists, including Ayanna Witter-Johnson, Tammy Weis, Nicola Emmanuelle, Jo Harrop, and Alexander Stewart. His songs have been recorded by Liane Carroll, China Moses, Alexia Gardner, Mina Agossi, David McAlmont and Alexander Stewart, among others. Musicians he has performed live with include Gary Crosby, Guy Barker, Danny Moss, Denys Baptiste, Nathaniel Facey, Gwyneth Herbert and China Moses. He also performed as a percussionist in the London School of Samba for a period in the early 1990s.
Webb has worked at the BBC World Service, BBC News Online and BBC Radio 3. At Radio 3 he co-ordinated the BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music and, with BBC Radio 2, the BBC Jazz Awards. He has also worked in music publishing (at the UK Music Publishers Association) and at the music venues Band on the Wall in Manchester (1983–1986), Peter Ind’s Bass Clef in London (1988–1989) and the Barbican Centre (2007–2011). He has also worked a freelance journalist for many publications including The Guardian, The Independent, Straight No Chaser and New Statesman; from 1996–1997 he was a political journalist and researcher for Alastair Stewart’s Sunday Programme on GMTV. He is a member of the Musicians’ Union (UK), PRS for Music and Phonographic Performance Limited, and has spent some time as a university lecturer in music and events management.
He married photographer Rebecca Norris Webb.
Alex Webb Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Photographer |
| House | Living in own house. |
Alex Webb is one of the richest Photographer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Alex Webb 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
He studied literature at Harvard. His first published book was Hot Light/Half- Made Worlds in 1986.
He has published photography in Geo, Time, and The New York Times Magazine.
Alex Webb (born 1961) is a British songwriter and musician and former journalist. Educated at Manchester University and the University of Connecticut, he is the brother of the late guitarist and composer Nick Webb (the founder of Acoustic Alchemy), the nephew of actress Sylvia Syms and cousin of actress Beatie Edney.
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Who is Alex Webb Dating?
According to our records, Alex Webb married to Rebecca Norris Webb. As of December 1, 2023, Alex Webb’s is not dating anyone.
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Facts & Trivia
Alex Ranked on the list of most popular Photographer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Alex Webb celebrates birthday on May 5 of every year.
What is Alex Webb known for?
Alex Webb is best known for his complex and vibrant color photographs of serendipitous or enigmatic moments, often in places with socio-political tensions. Over the past 45 years, Webb has worked in places as varied as the U.S.-Mexico border, Haiti, Istanbul, and, most recently, a number of U.S. cities.
How did Alex Webb get into photography?
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.
What did Alex Webb shoot with?
Webb uses a Leica rangefinder , usually with a 35mm lens. He has used both 28mm and 50mm before, but finds 35mm to be the perfect fit and balance between the two. He also used only Kodachrome color film for 30 years, up until it was discontinued.
What are the key components that Alex Webb uses when composing a
photograph?
Alex Webb’s images usually consist of several planes of focus and action. The foreground, middle-ground and background all contain their own points of focus. Webb understands how to carefully arrange each layer of the image in order to guide your eye from the front to the back.
Who is the best street photographer?
Henri Cartier-Bresson The most famous street photographer of all time is the French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908 – 2004). He is known for his candid photography and capturing the “decisive moment“. The decisive moment is the precise moment of action.