In this landmark photography publication & accompanying exhibition Clement Cheroux demonstrates how Magnum Photos owes its pre-eminence to the ability of its photographers to encompass & navigate the points between photography as art object & photography as documentary evidence A Magnum photograph can be expressive & bear witness at the same time Magnum Manifesto is organized into three main parts Part 1 (1947-1968) views the Magnum archive through a humanist lens focusing on post-war ideals of commonality & utopianism Part 2 (1969-1989) shows a world fragmenting with a focus on subcultures minorities & outsiders Part 3 (1990-present day) charts the ways in which Magnum photographers have captured
- & continue to capture
- a world in flux & under threat Featuring both group & individual projects the book
Includes:: contact sheets notebooks magazine spreads & other previously unseen material to accompany the photographs Complete with extensive texts by Clement Cheroux & photographic historian Clara Bouveresse Magnum Manifesto is an essential purchase for anyone seeking to understand the very best in photography