Hot Light / Half-Made Worlds: Photographs from the Tropics
Hot Light / Half-Made Worlds: Photographs from the Tropics is the seminal first monograph by Magnum photographer Alex Webb, documenting his initial seven-year exploration of color street photography throughout Mexico, the Caribbean, Africa, and Asia. [5.4]
Book Condition & Description
- Overall Condition: Fine
- Binding: Hardcover
- Dust Jacket: Fine, unclipped, protected in a new archival Brodart cover
- Internal Pages: Clean, crisp, and unmarked
Bibliographic Information
- Author: Alex Webb
- Publisher: Thames & Hudson
- Publication Year: 1986
- Edition: First Edition
- Format: Oblong Quarto
- Pagination: 93 pages
- Illustrations: 76 full-page color plates
- ISBN-10: 0500541167
- ISBN-13: 9780500541166
- Language: English
Critical Reception
“Webb’s use of color and his compositional style, with its sharp lines and divisive planes, combine to create tension within the frame… His pictures capture both the natural beauty and the human desperation that coexist in much of the world.”
— Library Journal, 1986
“This was not the kind of polite and urbane color that most of us were then espousing, nor was it the photojournalist making black and white pictures in color. A parrot had got into the flock of pigeons on the square and this was no longer photography as we knew it.”
— Peter Marshall, Photographer & Critic
Author Biography
Alex Webb (b. 1952) is an American photographer celebrated for his vibrant and complex color street photography. A member of Magnum Photos since 1979, Webb has spent decades documenting socio-political tensions and everyday life across Latin America, the Caribbean, and globally. His distinct visual style relies on heavy shadows, layered geometries, and intense, saturated color.
$ 275.00
