Magnum Photographer Alex Weber's Photography Style Exploration

The documentary and authenticity of news photography determines that the cognitive and communication functions of news photography are far more than aesthetic functions.This feature restricts the photographer's artistic imagination and creativity.The journalists can only abide by their duties,calm,objective,such as the time,place,event,reason and character information of the news on the spot,which will inevitably lead to new ones The author thinks that the work of photography is becoming more quantitative and the artistic function of fuzzy photography.Alex Webb became a full member of Magnum pictures society in 1979.He is a journalist full of artistic creation desire.He is not satisfied with the precise description of news photography.He hopes to give his works artistic aesthetic function and form his unique artistic style.Alex Webb shuttles through the streets all over the world,using his camera to create "mini drama" with rich regional characteristics.Through the application of complex composition,dramatic integration of color elements and fragmented narrative style,his photography works have a typical personal style,subverting the traditional news photography close to the fixed shooting criteria,bringing the viewer fresh visual experience,and meeting the viewer's higher aesthetic needs for news photography.This paper is divided into four chapters.The first chapter mainly expounds the development background of Alex Webb's photographic style and the germination of "artistic expression desire" in news photography.The second chapter,combined with the analysis of specific works,classifies and discusses Alex Webb's photography style,and expounds his breakthrough and innovation in traditional news photography.The third and fourth chapters are about the inspiration of Alex Webb's photographic style to contemporary news photography and the personal thinking caused by Alex Webb's photographic style.The author hopes that through the exploration of Alex Webb's photography style,it can form inspiration for the development of news photography and the expression of photographer's artistic personality in the future.