Magnum Stories edited according to Chris Boot Phaidon/511 pp/$7995 (hb) Magnum Stories showcases the work of 61 of the principally representative members of the photography agency Magnum from its foundation in 1947 to the existing Listed alphabetically.

Magnum Stories

edited according to Chris Boot

Phaidon/511 pp/$7995 (hb) Magnum Stories showcases the work of 61 of the principally representative members of the photography agency Magnum from its foundation in 1947 to the existing Listed alphabetically, each entry consists of a biography, in many cases written through the photographer him/herself, and a photo assignment of the photographer's choice. Included are edge Arnold with her work in succession Malcolm X, Susan Meiselas' war photography and Harry Gruyaert's parody of the common affairs photo story TV projectiles In the introduction, Boot revisits the 60 years of Magnum's history, from Robert Capa and his picture story to the agency's crisis in the late 1990 and its shift in focus toward commercial photography. With 61 perspectives--testimonies--of the veritable protagonists of Magnum, the photographers, determinations about the professional direction taken by dint of the photo agency and the disentanglement of photojournalism are left to the reader.

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