"Renowned photographers and teachers Alex Webb and RebeccaNorris Webb guide readers on a creative journey throughthe world of street photography and the poetic image as apath toward finding and deepening a unique photographicvision. Based on their popular international workshop,this creative couple interweaves real-world insight withstories that reveal their own creative process andinfluences. They touch on a variety of photographic issuesessential to photographers of all levels and backgrounds,including how to photograph in cultures other than yourown; how to capture luminous, poetic images in the world;how to work with color in a way that adds emotion tophotographs; how complexity and creative tension affectthe frame; how to hone a personal vision; and how to shapea growing body of work in an intuitive and meaningful way,one that enriches not only picture-making but also yourlife. This book provides rare access to the teaching andartistic practice of two leading photographers and is anindispensable tool for students, teachers and anyone whowants to take more successful pictures"--Publisher's description

• The blind man and the bus
• The first photograph
• The camera eye
• Looking for photographs
• Tell it slant
• Walking and waiting
• The luminous image
• Color isemotion
• About blue
• The grace of others
• Meatyard'sparadox
• Crowded frames
• I dream of journeys
• Terraincognita
• The unexpected metaphor
• Where the road isa river
• Mistakes as road maps
• Serendipity
• Lostand loss
• Metzker's shadows
• On creative tension
• The edge
• The antelope
• Lost in Istanbul
• Readingthe landscape
• Novels as guides
• Obsession
• On textand images
• The art of failure
• On tone
• Being there
• The wisdom of re-vision
• Symphony and sonata
• Lightlike a bird
• Time as editor
• The attentive eye
• Asking questions
• On collaboration
• The visual refrain
• At day's end
• Living and dying
• Endings asbeginnings
• The secret of life