Street Photographer Travels Across 40 Cities Inspired by the American Blues
In Walking Blues, the acclaimed street photographer Alex Webb traverses some 40 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 culture, and his photographs express the improvisation of chance encounters. The culmination of more than a decade of intuitive, open-minded exploration, Webb’s latest book is a vivid chronicle of urban life today.
A related installation of prints from Walking Blues will be on view at Aperture at 380 Columbus Avenue from November 18, 2026 through January 10, 2027.
To celebrate the launch, a conversation between Alex Webb and Rebecca Norris Webb will be held on Tuesday, December 8 at 6:30 p.m. EDT at the MFA Photography, Video, and Related Media Department at the School of Visual Arts. Details are available on the Aperture website.
A limited-edition set will also be available exclusively through Aperture, pairing a deluxe edition of Walking Blues with Philadelphia, PA (2025), a signed and numbered 8 x 10-in. print of the photograph that appears on the back of the book cover. Pricing and details are listed at aperture.org.
Webb was born in San Francisco in 1952. He has published more than 15 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.
Alex Webb: Walking Blues is published by Aperture and available at aperture.org.
Image creditsPhotographs by Alex Webb
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