Description:
All That Life Can Afford captures the nuances and oddities of London’s busiest streets, in a series of images taken in the capital between 2002 and 2015.
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A first edition of All That Life Can Afford , which came out in 2016. In his introduction to the book, Geoff Dyer writes:
“More generally- and equally improbably - he has made one of the famously grey capitals of the world, into a city of vibrant colour. Not quite the Kodachrome-drenched blues and candyfloss pinks that Alex Webb seeks out in the hot light of the tropics but chicken yellows, peeled oranges and (especially) bus-y reds. In a working city, these colours are not just decorative; they are obliged, understandably, to do their share of compositional load-bearing and story-telling. The result? An endless blossom of momentary metamorphoses that are turned, in turn, into something permanent. Another name for this - for the skateboarder turned photographer - might be arrested development. No Entry signs (white on red) invite us in. Red routes (no stopping) and yellow lines (no waiting) urge us to do exactly the opposite. And he lets us.”
Publication Date: 2006
Publisher: Plague Press
Condition: Very Good
Book Size: 27 x 22cm
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 97809935090
Description:
All That Life Can Afford captures the nuances and oddities of London’s busiest streets, in a series of images taken in the capital between 2002 and 2015.
SOLD OUT
A first edition of All That Life Can Afford , which came out in 2016. In his introduction to the book, Geoff Dyer writes:
“More generally- and equally improbably - he has made one of the famously grey capitals of the world, into a city of vibrant colour. Not quite the Kodachrome-drenched blues and candyfloss pinks that Alex Webb seeks out in the hot light of the tropics but chicken yellows, peeled oranges and (especially) bus-y reds. In a working city, these colours are not just decorative; they are obliged, understandably, to do their share of compositional load-bearing and story-telling. The result? An endless blossom of momentary metamorphoses that are turned, in turn, into something permanent. Another name for this - for the skateboarder turned photographer - might be arrested development. No Entry signs (white on red) invite us in. Red routes (no stopping) and yellow lines (no waiting) urge us to do exactly the opposite. And he lets us.”
Publication Date: 2006
Publisher: Plague Press
Condition: Very Good
Book Size: 27 x 22cm
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 97809935090