Todd Webb, Photographer

Date1978

Can DescriptionsBiography and interview of photographer Todd Webb, who specialized in recording American West. Retired to Portland with wife Lucille Webb, who talks about their early days. Also discussion of Webb's early days in Detroit, Ansel Adams, photos of New York city, association with Roy Stryker (head of Farm Security Administration) during Depression, photos of Paris. Webb walked from New York to Pittsburgh along immigrant trail, boated from Pittsburgh to Independence, Missouri. Photo of Harry Truman of Independence. Bicycled from Missouri to Colorado. Photos of Colorado. Visited Georgia O'Keefe. Photos of her. Discussion of desirable education for photographers, and how to pursue photography as career.