Alex Webb & Rebecca Norris Webb: Violet Isle: Second Edition - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1942185375 ISBN 13: 9781942185376

Publisher: Radius Books, 2018

Synopsis

Back in print, this multilayered portrait of “the violet isle”―a little-known name for Cuba inspired by the rich color of the soil there―presents an engaging, at times unsettling document of a vibrant and vulnerable land. It combines two separate photographic visions: Alex Webb’s exploration of street life, with his attuned and complex attention to detail, and Rebecca Norris Webb’s fascination with the unique, quixotic collections of animals she discovered there, from tiny zoos and pigeon societies to hand-painted natural history displays and quirky personal menageries.

The result is an insightful and intriguing blend of two different aesthetics inspired by Cuba’s existence over the last 50 years in an economic, political, cultural and ecological bubble virtually untouched by the rest of the world, and unlikely to remain that way for much longer. Award-winning writer Pico Iyer provides an accompanying essay for this English/Spanish bilingual edition.

About this title

About the Author

Rebecca Norris Webb, originally a poet, often interweaves her text and photographs in her six books, most notably with her monograph, My Dakota--an elegy for her brother who died unexpectedly--with a solo exhibition of the work at The Cleveland Museum of Art in 2015. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, Le Monde, among other publications, and is in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Cleveland Museum of Art, and George Eastman Museum, Rochester, NY.

Alex Webb has published 16 books, including a survey book of 30 years of color work, The Suffering of Light. He's 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. 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.

Review

As a reading experience, the books feel more like monographs with expansive captions than generic how-to guides. "Eye Magazine" "

As a reading experience, the books feel more like monographs with expansive captions than generic how-to guides. Eye Magazine"

A Marriage of Lives and Photos.--James Estrin "New York Times Lens Blog "

Edition details

• Publisher: Radius Books
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1942185375
• ISBN 13: 9781942185376
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 144