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Use Assignments To Fund Personal Vision
- Balance paid assignments with personal projects: solve clients' problems while simultaneously seeking photographs that excite you.
- Use assignments to fund exploration but expect magazine needs may not always include your 'special' pictures.
Color Found The Emotional Voice For His Work
- Webb switched to color in 1978–79 because Caribbean and Mexico offered intense colors embedded in local culture that black-and-white couldn't capture.
- He felt color was less explored then and embraced hot reds and brilliant yellows to express those cultures' vibrancy.
Years Of Self Driven Trips Built Under A Grudging Sun
- After Duvalier fell in 1986 Webb made 11 trips to Haiti over two years, mostly self-funded, photographing the country's post-regime openness and turmoil.
- He often skipped news assignments to follow personal curiosity, which led to a stronger book project but less income.