Todd Webb
TODD WEBB
“Under the 3rd Ave. El”, 1946, silver print,
ca. 1946, 6.75 x 5, Signed.
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TODD WEBB
“Brooklyn Bridge- NYC”, 1946, silver print,
ca. 1946, 6.5 x 4.5, Signed.
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TODD WEBB
“Harlem, LaSalle St. at Amsterdam”, 1946, silver
print, ca. 1946, 6.75 x 5, Signed.
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TODD WEBB
Fulton at Nassau Street, New York City, 1959, silver print, ca. 1959, 10” x 8”. |
TODD WEBB
“8th Ave. Subway Station, 125 St. - Harlem NYC”, 1946, silver print, ca. 1946, 6.75" x 5". |
TODD WEBB
“Mott St., N.Y.C.”, 1946, silver print, ca. 1946, 6.75" x 5". |
Todd Webb, American, 1905-2000
Todd Webb was born in 1905 in Detroit, Michigan. He attended the
University of Toronto from 1924-25 and then worked as a stockbroker until
the crash of 1929. Over the next few years he had a variety of jobs
including gold prospector and a job with the U.S. Forestry Service. In 1933
he returned to Detroit and worked for Chrysler Motors. It is here that he
and friend Harry Callahan joined the Chrysler Camera Club.
In 1941 Webb attended a 10 day workshop given by Ansel Adams. Between 1942
and 1945 he was a photographer in the Marines and he corresponded frequently
with Alfred Stieglitz. In 1946 he worked as a freelance photographer in New
York and worked with the Photo League. Using a 4 x 5 camera he
photographed architecture, street scenes, and bridges. At this time he also
had his first one man show. Between 1947-49 Webb worked with Roy Stryker
and the Standard Oil Company before moving to Paris. In Paris he worked
with magazines documenting the effects of the Marshall Plan. In 1953 Webb
returned to New York with his wife, Lucille Minqueau, whom he met in Paris.
The Guggenheim Foundation gave Webb a grant in 1955 for a photo study on
the itinerary of the pioneers across the United States. This study resulted
in two books. Webb later became the photographer for the United Nations
General Assembly and worked for the World Health Organization. In 1958 he
spent eight months photographing the Sahara desert for African nations. In
1961 Webb and his wife went to visit Georgia O'Keefe in New Mexico and
shortly after moved to Santa Fe. Here Webb published two more books. Webb
spent the next several years traveling and sometimes lived for a short time
in countries such as France and England. He moved to Maine in 1980. In 1979 Webb received an NEA grant and his work is in
such collections as the Museums of Modern Art of New York and of Tokyo,
Chicago Art Institute, and the Amon Carter Museum. For more information on Webb see Looking Back: Memoirs and
Photographs by Todd Webb with forward by Michael Rowell.
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