Featuring new & iconic images this follow-up to Prestel's highly successful A Year in Photography Magnum Archive

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This exceptional book published here in an accessibly priced paperback format comes out just as the shift to digital photography threatens to render the contact sheet obsolete It celebrates the contact sheet as a fascinating way of accompanying great photographers as they work towards & capture the most enduring images of our time 139 contact sheets representing 69 photographers are featured as well as zoom-in details selected photographs press cards notebooks & spreads from contemporary publications including Life magazine & Picture Post Further insight is provided by texts written by the photographers themselves or by experts chosen by members' estates It

Includes:: many greats of photography among them Henri Cartier- Bresson Elliott Erwitt & Inge Morath as well as Magnum's latest generation such as Jonas Bendiksen Alessandra Sanguinetti & Alec Soth These photographers cover over 70 years of history from the D-Day landings by Robert Capa & the Paris riots of 1968 by Bruno Barbey to images of Che Guevara by Rene Burri Malcolm X by Eve Arnold & classic New Yorkers by Bruce Gilden

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This book draws upon the Magnum archive to present a celebration of the great photographers who have captured those most fugitive of moments in cycling the personalities emotions & human endurance It is grouped into thematic chapters with works by a range of photographers showing carefully picture-edited images with discursive captions Each chapter also features one 'story' of an iconic moment event or scene captured by a single photographer They explore themes such as the Tour de France track racing in the velodrome winter training & the revelry of the fans & crowds with images by a variety of iconic photographers including Henri Cartier-Bresson Robert Capa Guy Le Querrec & Harry Gruyaert ...

Here is the popular yet complete paperback edition of the hugely acclaimed " Magnum Magnum" which was an instant sellout on first publication in 2007 It celebrates sixty years of the vision imagination & brilliance of Magnum photographers in over 400 photographs by the acknowledged greats of photography in the 20th century & the rising stars of our time Each photographer is represented by six of their works as chosen by & including a critical text by another member Including biographies of the featured photographers a history of Magnum Photos by Brigitte Lardinois & a bibliography of Magnum books " Magnum Magnum" makes available to a wider audience one of the greatest photography anthologies of recent years an essential book for anyone interested in photography or the world depicted by it ...

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
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- 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



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Thames & Hudson has enjoyed exceptional commercial success & critical acclaim in its collaborative ventures with Magnum Photos notably with Magnum Magnum & Magnum Contact Sheets which have combined sales of over 200000 copies to date across eleven languages With their seventieth anniversary approaching in 2017 Magnum Photos has entered into an exclusive agreement with Thames & Hudson for the creation of a range of paper-based gift products Created with Magnum&s full involvement & collaboration & with each product aimed at either the active photographer or those who simply love great photography these beautifully produced gifts will connect the Magnum brand with a greater global audience than ever before ...

Thames & Hudson has enjoyed exceptional commercial success & critical acclaim in its collaborative ventures with Magnum Photos notably with Magnum Magnum & Magnum Contact Sheets which have combined sales of over 200000 copies to date across eleven languages With their seventieth anniversary approaching in 2017 Magnum Photos has entered into an exclusive agreement with Thames & Hudson for the creation of a range of paper-based gift products Created with Magnum's full involvement & collaboration & with each product aimed at either the active photographer or those who simply love great photography these beautifully produced gifts will connect the Magnum brand with a greater global audience than ever before ...

Thames & Hudson has enjoyed exceptional commercial success & critical acclaim in its collaborative ventures with Magnum Photos notably with Magnum Magnum & Magnum Contact Sheets which have combined sales of over 200000 copies to date across eleven languages With their 70th anniversary approaching in 2017 Magnum Photos has entered into an exclusive agreement with Thames & Hudson for the creation of a range of paper-based gift products Created with Magnum's full involvement & collaboration & with each product aimed at either the active photographer or those who simply love great photography these beautifully produced gifts will connect the Magnum brand with a greater global audience than ever before ...

First published in 1973 by the Hogarth Press " Magnus" is George Mackay Brown's tour de force
- his most poetic & innovative book
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Thor's hammer is missing again The thunder god has a disturbing habit of misplacing his weapon
- the mightiest force in the Nine
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