Please join us at Aperture for a reception to celebrate the opening of Alex Webb: Walking Blues, on view from November 18, 2026 through January 10, 2027.
In Walking Blues, the acclaimed street photographer Alex Webb traverses some forty cities across the United States, documenting moments of connection between communities with his signature eye for bold color and rhythm. Webb was inspired by the lift and pull of blues music, a quintessential American musical form that scores the nation’s history, and his photographs express the improvisation of chance encounters. The culmination of more than a decade of intuitive, open-minded exploration, Webb’s installation and newly released, accompanying publication are vivid chronicles of urban life today.
This reception is free and open to the public, and RSVP is strongly encouraged. Please RSVP here. Pre-signed copies of Walking Blues and select prints will be available for purchase.
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Caption: Alex Webb, Atlanta, Georgia, 2018; from Alex Webb: Walking Blues (Aperture, 2026). © 2026 Alex Webb
Alex Webb (born in San Francisco, 1952) has published more than fifteen books, including a survey of his color work, The Suffering of Light (Aperture, 2011); Memory City (2014, with Rebecca Norris Webb); and La Calle: Photographs from Mexico (Aperture, 2016). Webb became a full member of Magnum Photos in 1979. His work has been shown widely, and he has received numerous awards, including a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2007.
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