Alexia Webster

Documentary Photographer @alexiawebster

Alexia Webster is a South African documentary photographer and video journalist based between Cape Town and Johannesburg. From creating family portrait studios in spaces of displacement to documenting youth culture movements, her work explores dislocation, identity and intimacy. Her photographs have been featured in The New York Times, Washington Post, WIRED, CNN and Time magazine amongst others. She has received a number of awards such as the Artraker Award for Art in Conflict, the POPCAP award for Contemporary African Photography and the Frank Arisman Scholarship at the International Centre of Photography in New York City.

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Alexia Webster es una fotógrafa documental y periodista de video de Sudáfrica con sede en Ciudad del Cabo y Johannesburgo. Desde la creación de estudios de retrato familiar en espacios de desplazamiento hasta documentar los movimientos de la cultura juvenil, su trabajo explora el desplazamiento, la identidad y la intimidad. Sus fotografías han aparecido en el New York Times, Washington Post, WIRED, CNN y la revista Time, entre otros. Ha recibido varios premios como el Premio Artraker de Arte en Conflicto, el Premio POPCAP a la Fotografía Africana Contemporánea y la Beca Frank Arisman en el Centro Internacional de Fotografía en la Ciudad de Nueva York.

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| Alexia Webster, Nina Strochlic

In Tijuana, a street studio attracts migrants and locals

Migrants on the caravan, commuters, and visitors form a backdrop to the world’s busiest land border crossing. Fabric and a few props are enough for photographer Alexia Webster to make portrait studios on sidewalks and…
| Alexia Webster

Catering to Commuters at a Tijuana Border Crossing

By ALEXIA WEBSTER, GUGLIELMO MATTIOLI and VEDA SHASTRI
| Eileen Guo, Alexia Webster

The Border Commuters

On the Mexican side of San Ysidro Port of Entry on the border of California, traffic starts backing up long before the sun rises. Commuters shift their gears into park; lower their seatbacks for pre-dawn…
| Alexia Webster, Siobhán O’Grady

South Sudan’s youth come of age in the face of chaos

It’s late on a Saturday afternoon in May but the sun is still beating down on the South Sudanese capital of Juba. A fleet of cars carrying Annet Angaika and dozens of other young hip-hop…