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Monthly Archives: April 2007

Alex Webb at Aperture

25-Apr-07

The Aperture Gallery in Chelsea hosted a lecture/presentation on Tuesday night by Magnum photographer Alex Webb. Webb is one of the premier documentary photographers today. His images are masterfully complex yet immediately engaging. His palette, often strewn with long and slashing shadows, evokes red, green, orange and yellow. I’m particularly drawn to his use of [...]

Beyond the Crosshairs

17-Apr-07

PBS debuted a fantastic documentary about the Iraq war, part of a wider series called Crossroads. Shot in 2005, the first part, called The Warriors, gives a close-up look into one squadron’s daily ground missions and strategies, utilizing wide close-up views and night-vision narrative.
But it was the second half, Operation Homecoming: Writing The [...]