Alex Webb — Crossings
Alex Webb — Crossings
Alex Webb — Crossings
Alex Webb — Crossings
Alex Webb — Crossings
Alex Webb — Crossings
Alex Webb — Crossings
Alex Webb — Crossings
Alex Webb — Crossings
Alex Webb — Crossings

Alex Webb — Crossings

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"The United States-Mexico border is neither the United States nor Mexico; it is rather a 'third country,' 10 miles wide and 2,000 miles long, that lies in between. This borderland, split by the Rio Grande and the border fence, is a place of transience and crossings - of people and goods as well as of ideas and beliefs. Noted photojournalist Alex Webb has spent decades covering the border. This collection shows a terrain where cultural differences between the two countries are blurred, where industrialized efficiency meets spirituality, where wealth meets poverty, and all are transformed in the process. United States border towns - El Paso and Brownsville, Texas - rely on cheap Mexican labor, legal and illegal, and Mexican shoppers; communities on the Mexican side - Juarez and Matamoros - are dependent on North American tourism and United States-owned manufacturing plants.

Webb’s photographs explore this complex, culturally rich borderland in views of Mexican migrants and American tourists, desolate villages and red-light, honky-tonk border cities. He also focuses on the various forms of smuggling - drugs and people heading north, electronic goods and guns going south - that have come to define the border. The photographer comments on many of the images in extended notes; an essay by noted writer - and Webb’s long-time friend and colleague - Tom Miller explores the concept of the border as a third country and its transformation over the past decades."

CONDITION & NOTES Very Good / Dust jacket shows obvious signs of shelf wear, consisting of surface scratching and some mild creasing along the edges. Slight sticker residue on the rear of the dust jacket. Hardcover has a bump to the bottom right corner. Interior Near Fine.
AUTHOR Alex Webb
TITLE Crossings
TYPE Hardcover
PUBLICATION YEAR 2003
EDITION First
LANGUAGE English
PUBLISHER The Monacelli Press
DIMENSIONS (APPROX.) 30 x 25 x 2 cm
STOCK ID 1178