Magnum Photos

Book - Slant Rhymes 

Alex Webb 

Slant Rhymes is a photographic conversation between two world renowned authors, Magnum photographer Alex Webb and poet and photographer Rebecca Norris Webb. Selected from photographs taken during the Webbs’ nearly 30-year friendship and later marriage and creative partnership, this group of 80 photographs are paired—one by Alex, one by Rebecca—to create a series of visual rhymes that talk to one another, often at a slant and in intriguing and revealing ways. “Sometimes we find our photographic slant rhymes share a similar palette or tone or geometry”, writes Alex Webb in the introduction to the... 

Alex Webb 1996

MEXICO. Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas. 1996. 

Alex Webb 2000

CUBA. Havana. 2000. Old Havana. 

Rebecca Norris Webb 2008

(© Rebecca Norris Webb, from the book Violet Isle with Alex Webb/distributed... 

Rebecca Norris Webb 2017

(© Rebecca Norris Webb, from the book Slant Rhymes with Alex... 

Alex Webb 2016

USA. Brooklyn, New York. 2016. Brownsville. Easter Sunday. 

Alex Webb 1993

CUBA. Havana. 1993. 

Rebecca Norris Webb 2008

(© Rebecca Norris Webb, from the book Violet Isle with Alex Webb/distributed... 

Rebecca Norris Webb 2006

(© Rebecca Norris Webb, from the book Slant Rhymes with Alex... 

Alex Webb 2010

GB. East London. 2010. Bus stop. 

Rebecca Norris Webb 2008

(© Rebecca Norris Webb, from the book Violet Isle with Alex Webb/distributed... 

Alex Webb 2001

TURKEY. Istanbul. 2001. Street scene in Ayvansaray. 

Alex Webb 2010

USA. Erie, Pennsylvania. 2010.

Rebecca Norris Webb 2011

(© Rebecca Norris Webb, from the book Slant Rhymes with Alex... 

Alex Webb 1987

HAITI. Arcahaie. 1987. Inside church. 

Rebecca Norris Webb 2006

(© Rebecca Norris Webb, from the book Slant Rhymes with Alex... 

Rebecca Norris Webb 2008

(© Rebecca Norris Webb, from the book Violet Isle with Alex Webb/distributed... 

Alex Webb 1992

SPAIN. Seville. 1992. 

Alex Webb 1993

CUBA. Havana. 1993. 

Rebecca Norris Webb 2006

(© Rebecca Norris Webb, from the book Slant Rhymes with Alex... 

Alex Webb 2003

CUBA. Regla. 2003. Inside a store. 

Rebecca Norris Webb 2008

(© Rebecca Norris Webb, from the book Violet Isle with Alex Webb/distributed... 

Rebecca Norris Webb 2008

(© Rebecca Norris Webb, from the book Slant Rhymes with Alex... 

Alex Webb 2001

MEXICO. Agua Prieta, Chihuahua. Every day about 4,600 people... 

Rebecca Norris Webb 2012

(© Rebecca Norris Webb, from the book Memory City with Alex Webb/distributed... 

Alex Webb 2013

CUBA. Havana. 2013.

Rebecca Norris Webb 1999

(© Rebecca Norris Webb, from the book Slant Rhymes with Alex... 

Alex Webb 2003

GREECE. Thessaloniki. 2003.

Alex Webb 2000

HAITI. Isle de la Tortue. 2000. Looking back at Haiti from this... 

Alex Webb 1992

SPAIN. Madrid. 1992. 

Rebecca Norris Webb 2006

(© Rebecca Norris Webb, from the book Slant Rhymes with Alex... 

Rebecca Norris Webb 2008

(© Rebecca Norris Webb, from the book Violet Isle with Alex Webb/distributed... 

Alex Webb 2014

INDIA. Near Appuzha. 2014. Sri Narayana Jayathi Festival. Processions... 

Rebecca Norris Webb 2015

(© Rebecca Norris Webb, from the book Slant Rhymes with Alex... 

Alex Webb 1998

TURKEY. Istanbul. 1998. Asleep in Talabashi. 

Alex Webb 2001

TURKEY. Istanbul. 2001. Outside of the Blue Mosque during Ramadan.... 

Rebecca Norris Webb 2003

(© Rebecca Norris Webb, from the book Slant Rhymes with Alex... 

Alex Webb 2016

USA. Cleveland. 2016. Downtown. Morning. 

Rebecca Norris Webb 2016

(© Rebecca Norris Webb, from the book Slant Rhymes with Alex... 

Alex Webb 1982

USA. Texas. 1982. Big Bend National Park. 

Rebecca Norris Webb 2015

(© Rebecca Norris Webb, from the book Slant Rhymes with Alex... 

Alex Webb 2016

USA. Indianapolis. February, 2016. Downtown early morning. ... 

Alex Webb 2013

USA. Rochester. Some downtown. Ontario Beach park dancing in... 

Rebecca Norris Webb 2013

(© Rebecca Norris Webb, from the book Memory City with Alex Webb/distributed... 

Alex Webb 2016

USA. Indianapolis. February, 2016. 

Rebecca Norris Webb 2015

(© Rebecca Norris Webb, from the book Slant Rhymes with Alex... 

Rebecca Norris Webb 2010

(© Rebecca Norris Webb, from the book Slant Rhymes with Alex... 

Alex Webb 2013

INDIA. Allahabad. 2013. Kumbh Maha Mela, the largest gathering... 

Alex Webb 2000

SAMOA. 2000. Palolo Worms. Manase. Swimming. 

Rebecca Norris Webb 2009

(© Rebecca Norris Webb, from the book Slant Rhymes with Alex... 

Rebecca Norris Webb 2000

(© Rebecca Norris Webb, from the book Slant Rhymes with Alex... 

Alex Webb 1985

MEXICO. Oaxaca state. Tehuantepec. 1985. Children playing in... 

Alex Webb 2003

TOKELAU. Nukunonu. 2003. Children playing around a boat. 

Rebecca Norris Webb 2016

(© Rebecca Norris Webb, from the book Slant Rhymes with Alex... 

Rebecca Norris Webb 2009

(© Rebecca Norris Webb, from the book Slant Rhymes with Alex... 

Alex Webb 2000

HAITI. Leogane. 2000. 

Rebecca Norris Webb 2015

(© Rebecca Norris Webb, from the book Slant Rhymes with Alex... 

Alex Webb 2000

CANADA. Ile d'Orleans, Quebec. 2000. Raking and playing in the... 

Alex Webb 2012

USA. Rochester, NY. 2012. (Kodachrome processed as black and... 

Rebecca Norris Webb 2012

(© Rebecca Norris Webb, from the book Memory City with Alex Webb/distributed... 

Rebecca Norris Webb 2015

(© Rebecca Norris Webb, from the book Slant Rhymes with Alex... 
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