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Alex Webb Biography
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1952 |
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Born in San Francisco, CA
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1972 |
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Apeiron Photography Workshops with Charles Harbutt, Millerton, New York, NY
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1974 |
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Bachelor of Arts, History and Literature, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
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1979 |
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Member of Magnum Photos
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1980 |
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Overseas Press Club Award
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1986 |
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New York State Council on the Arts Grant
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1988 |
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Leopold Godowsky, Jr. Color Photography Award
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1990 |
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National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
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1990 |
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W. Eugene Smith Foundation Grant
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1998 |
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Hasselblad Foundation
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2000 |
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Leica Medal of Excellence
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2002 |
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David Octavius Hill Medaille
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2007 |
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John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship
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2008 |
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Lucca Photo Festival Award
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2008
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Disposable People, Southbank Center, London, UK
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2008
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Presumed Innocence, Decordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA
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2008
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Alex Webb Fotografie, Villa Bottini. Lucca, Italy (solo)
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2008
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Color: The Suffering of Light, Vinzavod Center of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia (solo)
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2008
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The View from Here, Etherton Gallery, Tucson, AZ (solo)
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2007
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Istanbul, MAC Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey; Sepia International, New York, NY; Joseph Bellows Gallery, La Jolla, CA; Stephen Bulger Gallery, Toronto, Canada (solo)
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2007
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Hidden in Plain Sight: Contemporary Photographs from the Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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2006
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Webbworks, Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA
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2006
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Crossings, Nordic Light, Kristiansund, Norway; Abertstwyth Arts Centre, Aberstwyth, Wales; Belfast Exposed, Belfast, Ireland (solo)
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2005
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Crossings, Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach, FL (solo)
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2005
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Yours Gallery, Warsaw, Poland (solo)
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2005
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Moving Walls, Esperando, Open Society Institute, New York, NY (solo)
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2005
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Viajeros, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA
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2004
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Wate, Ricco/Maresca Gallery, New York, NY
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2004
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Periplus, Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece (Museum of Photography, Thessalonika, Greece, Onassis Foundation, New York, NY)
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2004
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Esperando, Ricco/Maresca Gallery. New York, NY (solo)
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2004
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Crossings, Sala de Exposiciones de Canal de Isabel II, Madrid, Spain (solo)
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2003
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Crossings: Photographs from the U.S.-Mexico Border, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, San Diego, CA (solo)
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2003
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Haiti, University of California, Sacramento, CA (solo)
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2003
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Common Ground: Photographers on the Street, McMullen Museum, Chesnut Hill, MA
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2002
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Anniversary, Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago, IL
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2002
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Joseph Bellows Gallery, La Jolla, CA (solo)
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2002
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The Light of the Street, German Academy of Photography, Leinfelden, Germany (solo)
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2001
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Sept 11, 2001, Magnum group, New York Historical Society, New York, NY
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2001
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Here is New York, Prince Street, New York, NY
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2000
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Haiti, Open Society, New York, NY (solo)
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2000
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Panama, Leica Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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1999
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Under a Grudging Sun and Beyond, Internationale Fototage Herten (solo)
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1999
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Etherton Gallery, Tucson, AZ (solo)
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1998
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Amazon, Leica Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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1998
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Caraibes, Cite du Livre, Aix en Provence, France (solo)
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1997
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US-Mexico Border, FotoMassan, Gothenburg, Sweden (solo)
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1997
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Haiti Libere , Neurologisches Therapiecentrum, Cologne, Germany (solo)
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1997
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India: A Celebration of Independence, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
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1997
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ABACA exhibition, Bohen Foundation, New York, NY
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1996
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Picturing the South: Artist Project, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA (solo)
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1996
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From the Sunshine State, Leica Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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1995
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Civilians in War, Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA
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1995
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Mexico, Galerie Lichtblick, Cologne, Germany (solo)
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1995
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From Mexico, Drew University Photography Gallery, Madison, NJ (solo)
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1992
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L'Espace National, Bayonne, France (solo)
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1992
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Studio Marangoni, Florence, Italy (solo)
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1991
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Focale Gallery, Nyons, Switzerland (solo)
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| Selected Public Collections |
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Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.
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Solomon R Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
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Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach, FL
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Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
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International Center of Photography, New York, NY
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Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA
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Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL
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Museum of Fine Art, Houston, TX
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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
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Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA
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Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL
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Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine, ME
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Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
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Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
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Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, AZ
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Davison Art Center, Wesleyan College, Middleton, CO
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Fogg Museum of Art, Cambridge, MA
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Fondazione Italiana per la Fotografia, Torino, Italy
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George Eastman House, Rochester, NY
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Getty Center for the Arts and Humanities, Santa Monica, CA
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Hasselblad Foundation, Goteborg, Sweden
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High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
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| Literature |
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2007
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Istanbul: City of a Hundred Names, Aperture, New York
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2003
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Alex Webb Habla Con Max Kozloff, La Fabrica, Spain
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2003
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Crossings: Photographs from the U.S.-Mexico Border, Monacelli Press, USA
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1998 - 1999
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Dislocations, Film Study Center at Harvard University, USA
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1997
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Amazon: From the Floodplains to the Clouds, Monacelli Press, Inc., USA
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1996
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From The Sunshine State, Monacelli Press, Inc., USA
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1989
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Under a Grudging Sun: Photographs from Haiti Libere, Thames & Hudson, USA
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1986
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Hot Light/Half-Made Worlds: Photographs from the Tropics, Thames & Hudson, USA
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