Fine Print: Bombay, India, 1981 Vintage

Fine Print: Bombay, India, 1981 VintageWebb began his career as a photographer in the 1970s, making pictures of the American social landscape in the streets of New England and New York, working exclusively in black and white. In the preface to The Suffering of Light, he describes having reached a kind of dead end in photography, as well as an eagerness to explore new territories. That year, in 1975, inspired by Graham Greenes novel, The Comedians, he jumped on a plane to Port au Prince to

43 prints from this body of work were displayed at the Museum of Modern Art

archival materials

Ernest Hemingway and Capa met during the Spanish Civil War

this photo casts a mystical glow over a very gritty process

Werner Bischof joined Magnum Photos in 1949

“I understood that Roy used these stencils to apply his accurate raster structures on screens

Theirs was a bond of unspoken understanding — a kind of contentment to be in each other’s company

Henri Cartier-Bresson nominated Rai to join Magnum Photos in 1977

Over a period of five years

unlike intensive and factory farming

he produces serene

Known for his use of color and esoteric composition