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Color
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I began to realize that color isnt just about color. Color is
emotion. If black and white comes from the heart or from
the head, color comes more from the stomach, as the
Belgian photographer Harry Gruyaert once put it. For me,
color seems more sensual than black and white. Sometimes
a red is a soothing red, sometimes its a threatening red,
depending on the sensibility, personal history, and cultural
background of the viewer. AW (p. 29)
Alex Webb, Guyave, Grenada, 1979
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meaning of an image?
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tone
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Photographing in a
New Community
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Every culture has its own mores, its own traditions; every
group of human beings has a different sense of privacy
and personal space. And so photographing in the streets in
different cultures inevitably calls for different strategies.
AW (p. 37)
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perspective
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landscape
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Composition and
Framing
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I think that Ive always been drawn to visually complex
photographs. Many of my early photographs contain more
than one element, have more than one point of focus. As the
years have passed, theyve become even more complex.
These days, I often feel as if Im walking a fragile line
visuallypushing the frame to include more and more, just
up to, but falling short of, chaos.
AW (p. 41)
Alex Webb, Nuevo Laredo Mexico, 1996
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isolate
composition
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storytelling
poetry
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symbol
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elliptical
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editing
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Collaboration
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Violet Isle didnt start out as a collaboration. It was only
just before our eleventh and nal trip to Cuba that Rebecca
and I realized we were working on a joint project. Through
the often arduous editing process, we slowly began to see
how our pictures could speak to one another.
AW (p. 105)
Fortunately one of our house rules is that the artist always
has the final say. RNW (p. 103)
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On Collaboration (p. 104)
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Alienate: cause (someone) to feel isolated or estranged
(pp. 61, 64)
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Isolate: cause (a person or place) to be or remain alone or
apart from others (pp. 51, 61)
(p. 14)
(p. 93)
Tension: the state of being stretched tight; mental or
emotional strain (pp. 64, 65, 67, 75)
Tone: the quality of color (warm or cold, bright or dull) (p. 87)
Vibrant: full of energy and enthusiasm;
(of color) bright and striking (pp. 14, 29, 76)
Source: Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
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ISBN 978-1-59711-273-4
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