Fine Print: Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, 1996 Size:20 x 30 in (50 x 76 cm)

Fine Print: Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, 1996 Size:20 x 30 in (50 x 76 cm)Webb began his career as a photographer in the 1970s, making pictures of the American social landscape in the streets of New England and New York, working exclusively in black and white. In the preface to The Suffering of Light, he describes having reached a kind of dead end in photography, as well as an eagerness to explore new territories. That year, in 1975, inspired by Graham Greenes novel, The Comedians, he jumped on a plane to Port au Prince to

I was on land but had barely been able to touch water

showcasing the power of photography to capture the mood of the time and immortalize communities for future generations

known as “Meat Grinder

sometimes not so

who were brutally oppressed by both sides

Susie Parr

Whether photographing Hollywood stars like Marilyn Monroe or immigrants newly arrived in New York

Meiselas’ own photographs of the tribe are scattered throughout the volume

supporting photographic education among school age children from different socio-economic and cultural backgrounds

with a combination of strong winds

Over the course of 15 years

who continued to explore the photographic medium throughout his career