In Photos: From Ghana to Paris

Suffolk and Hester Streets, New York, 1946

After serving in the second world war, Webb moved to New York, where he nurtured a friendship with Alfred Stieglitz and his wife, Georgia O’Keeffe, who introduced him to Beaumont Newhall. Later, Newhall curated the first major exhibition of Webb’s photographs for the Museum of the City of New York.

All photographs courtesy of Todd Webb Archive.

Times Square, New York, 1946

Webb would spend his days walking the streets of New York, remarking in his diary how much joy he experienced. ‘I see wondrous things!’ he wrote.