亚历克斯·韦伯以他充满活力的彩色照片和独特的视觉语言,在不熟悉的地方编织出一种集体的神秘感和紧张感。
这里,在亚历克斯·韦伯扣人心弦的照片中,是世界热带地区生动的美丽、绝望、繁荣和初现的暴力。十多年来,作为一名摄影记者,韦伯在从事一些特殊的工作时,也把他的相机转向了一个更深层、更沉思的目的。尽管这些照片来自墨西哥,经过加勒比群岛、非洲和亚洲,但韦伯对神秘感的关注,以及这些地区共有的讽刺和紧张感,使它们统一起来。
我们在强光下看到的热带地区,是政治和文化多元的作家约瑟夫•康拉德(Joseph Conrad)、格雷厄姆•格林(Graham Greene)、V.S.奈保尔(V.S. Naipaul)和卡洛斯•富恩特斯(Carlos Fuentes)对热带地区的惊讶和绝望所做出的回应。韦伯将色彩摄影的新美学与新闻摄影的伟大现代传统巧妙地结合在一起,不仅塑造了一种新的风格,而且塑造了一种充满激情的世界观。

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GRENADA. Gouyave. Bar. 1979.

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Port-au-Prince. 1979. Musicians await cruise ship.

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MEXICO. Boquillas (Border). 1979. Jumping.

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HAITI. Les Cayes. 1980.

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HAITI. Les Cayes. 1980.

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GRENADA. 1979. Cafe.

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Puerto Plata. 1980.

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1982. Doorway.

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Cap Haitian. 1979.

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Puerto Plata. 1980.

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Puerto Plata. 1980.

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EGYPT. Cairo, 1980. Camel market.

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BARBADOS. Outside Bridgetown. 1983.

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BARBADOS. Bridgetown. 1983.

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MEXICO. Ajijic. 1983.

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EGYPT. Cairo, 1980. City of the Dead.

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MEXICO. Cuernavaca. 1982.

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MEXICO. Oaxaca. 1982.

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Port-au-Prince. 1979.

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Port-au-Prince. 1979.

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INDIA. Sravanabelagola. 1981. Festival participants on street.

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MEXICO. 1983. ©Alex Webb/Magnum Photos

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Santo Domingo. 1980.

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Port-au-Prince. 1979. Carnival celebrant.

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Santo Domingo. 1980.

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Port-au-Prince. 1979. Bus stop advertisements.

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Port-au-Prince. 1979.

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USA. Texas. El Paso, (Border). 1979.

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Santo Domingo. 1980. Independence Day

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1982.

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1982.

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1981.

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1980. Treichville.

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1982. Tehuantepec dancers.

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Cap Haitian. 1979. Bar scene.

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Valladolid. 1983.

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MEXICO. Valladolid. 1983. Street scene.

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MEXICO. Oaxaca. 1982. Street scene

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MEXICO. Oaxaca. 1982.

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Merida. 1983. Circus lion.

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Merida. 1983

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ST. LUCIA. Castries. 1983.

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Kinshasha. 1982.

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Merida. 1983. Drunk, New Year’s Day.

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Outside Kampala. 1980. Guard at sugar plantation.

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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. Santo Domingo. 1980. Independence Day.

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UGANDA. Kampala. 1980.

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Santo Domingo. 1980. Independence Day.
©Alex Webb/Magnum Photos

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Port-au-Prince. 1979. La Saline child.

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IVORY COAST. Assinie. 1978. Hotel workers, horse and tourists behind. ©Alex Webb/Magnum Photos

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HAITI. Gonaives. 1980. Children playing on salt flats.

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HAITI. Gonaives. 1980. Children playing on salt flats.

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1982.

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1981. Along the seawall.

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MEXICO. Uruapan. 1983. Living in a train car.

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DJIBOUTI. 1982.

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HAITI. Jean Rabel. 1979.

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MEXICO. Nuevo Laredo. 1979. (Border) Mexican collecting used American clothes

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MEXICO. Naco, Sonora (Border). 1979. Outside a nightclub.

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San Pedro de Macoris. 1980. Charcoal burning.

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1980.

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Port-au-Prince. 1979.

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TRINIDAD. Chaguarama. 1983.

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1981. Movie poster.

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MEXICO. Patzcuaro. Slaughter house.

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COSTA RICA. Puntarenas. 1984.

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COSTA RICA. Limon. 1984.

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Kampala. 1980. Scavenging amidst ruins.

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Siroti. 1980. Peering into back of Red Cross Land Rover.

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Moroti. 1980. Trying to get on bus to deliver food to starving relatives.

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Port-au-Prince. 1979. Garbage dump.