{"id":82040,"date":"2026-08-28T18:08:52","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T18:08:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/bookshop\/?post_type=product&#038;p=82040"},"modified":"2026-08-28T18:08:52","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T18:08:52","slug":"hot-light-half-made-worlds-photographs-from-the-tropics","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/bookshop\/catalog\/hot-light-half-made-worlds-photographs-from-the-tropics\/","title":{"rendered":"Hot Light \/ Half-Made Worlds: Photographs from the Tropics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Hot Light \/ Half-Made Worlds: Photographs from the Tropics<\/strong> 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]<\/p>\n<h3>Book Condition &amp; Description<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Overall Condition:<\/strong> Fine<\/li>\n<li><strong>Binding:<\/strong> Hardcover<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dust Jacket:<\/strong> Fine, unclipped, protected in a new archival Brodart cover<\/li>\n<li><strong>Internal Pages:<\/strong> Clean, crisp, and unmarked<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Bibliographic Information<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Author:<\/strong> Alex Webb<\/li>\n<li><strong>Publisher:<\/strong> Thames &amp; Hudson<\/li>\n<li><strong>Publication Year:<\/strong> 1986<\/li>\n<li><strong>Edition:<\/strong> First Edition<\/li>\n<li><strong>Format:<\/strong> Oblong Quarto<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pagination:<\/strong> 93 pages<\/li>\n<li><strong>Illustrations:<\/strong> 76 full-page color plates<\/li>\n<li><strong>ISBN-10:<\/strong> 0500541167<\/li>\n<li><strong>ISBN-13:<\/strong> 9780500541166<\/li>\n<li><strong>Language:<\/strong> English<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Critical Reception<\/h3>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Webb&#8217;s use of color and his compositional style, with its sharp lines and divisive planes, combine to create tension within the frame&#8230; His pictures capture both the natural beauty and the human desperation that coexist in much of the world.&#8221;<br \/>\n\u2014 <em>Library Journal, 1986<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;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.&#8221;<br \/>\n\u2014 <em>Peter Marshall, Photographer &amp; Critic<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>Author Biography<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Alex Webb<\/strong> (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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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