La Calle : photographs from Mexico
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New York : Aperture ;, 2016.
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9781597113717, 1597113719
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Published
New York : Aperture ;, 2016.
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Book
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149 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 27 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9781597113717, 1597113719

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Catalog of an exhibition held at Aperture Gallery, New York, September 7-October 26, 2016; Etherton Gallery, Tuscon [Tucson], Arizona, November 8, 2016-January 7, 2017; and McDonough Museum of Art, Youngstown State University, Ohio, January 20-March 3, 2017.
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La Calle brings together more than thirty years of photography from the streets of Mexico by Alex Webb, spanning 1975 to 2007. Whether in black and white or color, Webb's richly layered and complex compositions touch on multiple genres. As Geoff Dyer writes, "Wherever he goes, Webb always ends up in a Bermuda-shaped triangle where the distinctions between photojournalism, documentary, and art blur and disappear." Webb's ability to distill gesture, light, and cultural tensions into single, beguiling frames results in evocative images that convey a sense of mystery, irony, and humor. Following an initial trip in the mid-1970s, Webb returned frequently to Mexico, working intensely on the U.S.-Mexico border and into southern Mexico throughout the 1980s and '90s, inspired by what poet Octavio Paz calls "Mexicanism--delight in decorations, carelessness and pomp, negligence, passion, and reserve." La Calle presents a commemoration of the Mexican street as a sociopolitical bellwether--albeit one that has undergone significant transformation since Webb's first trips to the country. Newly commissioned pieces from noted Mexican and Mexican American authors lend further insight into the roles the streets have played for generations: part arterial network, part historical palimpsest, and part absurdist theater of the everyday.--Publisher website.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Webb, A., Arriaga Jordán, G., Enrigue, A., Luiselli, V., Nettel, G., & Torre, M. d. l. (2016). La Calle: photographs from Mexico (First edition.). Aperture ;.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Alex Webb et al.. 2016. La Calle: Photographs From Mexico. Aperture.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Alex Webb et al.. La Calle: Photographs From Mexico Aperture, 2016.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Webb, Alex, et al. La Calle: Photographs From Mexico First edition., Aperture ;, 2016.

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