Alex Webb
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Alex Webb is an acclaimed American photographer renowned for his complex, richly colored street and documentary images, particularly from Latin America and the Caribbean.
All labels observed (1)
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| Alex Webb canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6437798 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alex Webb Context triple: [Magnum Photos, hasMember, Alex Webb]
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A.
Thomas Struth
Thomas Struth is a German photographer renowned for his large-scale color images of urban scenes, museum interiors, and family portraits that explore the relationship between people, architecture, and public space.
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B.
Bruce Weber
Bruce Weber is an American college basketball coach best known for leading programs such as the Illinois Fighting Illini and Kansas State Wildcats to multiple NCAA Tournament appearances, including a national championship game with Illinois in 2005.
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C.
Stephen Shore
Stephen Shore is an American photographer renowned for pioneering the use of color in art photography and for his influential depictions of everyday life and vernacular landscapes.
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D.
Wolfgang Tillmans
Wolfgang Tillmans is a German photographer and artist renowned for his innovative, often abstract and experimental approach to photography that blurs the boundaries between fine art and documentary.
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E.
W. Eugene Smith
W. Eugene Smith was a pioneering American photojournalist renowned for his powerful, humanistic photo-essays in magazines like Life.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alex Webb Target entity description: Alex Webb is an acclaimed American photographer renowned for his complex, richly colored street and documentary images, particularly from Latin America and the Caribbean.
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A.
Thomas Struth
Thomas Struth is a German photographer renowned for his large-scale color images of urban scenes, museum interiors, and family portraits that explore the relationship between people, architecture, and public space.
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B.
Bruce Weber
Bruce Weber is an American college basketball coach best known for leading programs such as the Illinois Fighting Illini and Kansas State Wildcats to multiple NCAA Tournament appearances, including a national championship game with Illinois in 2005.
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C.
Stephen Shore
Stephen Shore is an American photographer renowned for pioneering the use of color in art photography and for his influential depictions of everyday life and vernacular landscapes.
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D.
Wolfgang Tillmans
Wolfgang Tillmans is a German photographer and artist renowned for his innovative, often abstract and experimental approach to photography that blurs the boundaries between fine art and documentary.
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E.
W. Eugene Smith
W. Eugene Smith was a pioneering American photojournalist renowned for his powerful, humanistic photo-essays in magazines like Life.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
documentary photographer
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human ⓘ photographer ⓘ street photographer ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith | Rebecca Norris Webb NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts
NERFINISHED
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Harvard University ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
fine-art photography
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photojournalism ⓘ |
| genre |
documentary photography
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street photography ⓘ |
| hasExhibitedIn |
Europe
NERFINISHED
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Latin America NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRole |
author
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lecturer ⓘ workshop instructor ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Garry Winogrand
NERFINISHED
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Henri Cartier-Bresson NERFINISHED ⓘ Josef Koudelka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Magnum Photos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAward |
Guggenheim Fellowship
NERFINISHED
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Leica Medal of Excellence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
complex color street photography
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photography in Latin America ⓘ photography in the Caribbean ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Brooklyn: The City Within
NERFINISHED
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Crossings NERFINISHED ⓘ From the Sunshine State NERFINISHED ⓘ Hot Light/Half-Made Worlds NERFINISHED ⓘ Istanbul: City of a Hundred Names NERFINISHED ⓘ La Calle NERFINISHED ⓘ The Suffering of Light NERFINISHED ⓘ Under a Grudging Sun NERFINISHED ⓘ Violet Isle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
photographer
ⓘ
photojournalist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | San Francisco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | full member of Magnum Photos ⓘ |
| spouse | Rebecca Norris Webb NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesTechnique |
complex layering in compositions
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rich color palettes ⓘ strong use of shadows and light ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Caribbean
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Latin America NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Alex Webb Description of subject: Alex Webb is an acclaimed American photographer renowned for his complex, richly colored street and documentary images, particularly from Latin America and the Caribbean.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.