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
- & 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



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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play The complete eight series of the popular 1980s TV series about Vietnam veteran turned Hawaii private investigator Thomas Magnum (Tom Selleck) Magnum enjoys taking up the cases that intrigue him but a disruption in his dream lifestyle complete with a red Ferrari 308 GTS comes in the form of ex-British Army Sergeant Jonathan Higgins (John Hillerman) who patrols the estate where Magnum lives & dislikes deviating from the rule book ...

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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The first book in the incredible new series from the author of Percy Jackson the Kane Chronicles & Heroes of Olympus My name is Magnus Chase I'm orphaned & living rough on the streets of Boston & things are about to get much worse My day started out normally enough I was sleeping under a bridge when some guy kicked me awake & said ' They're after you' Next thing I know I'm reunited with my obnoxious uncle who casually informs me that my long-lost father is a Norse god Nothing normal about that & it turns out the gods of Asgard are preparing for war Apparently if I can't find the sword my father lost two thousand years ago there will be doom Doomsday to be precise A fire giant attacking the city? Immortal warriors hacking each other to pieces? Unkillable wolves with glowing eyes? It's all coming up But first I'm going to die This is the story of how my life goes downhill from there ...

On his eleventh birthday schoolboy Magnus Fin found out that he was half selkie -- part human part seal Although he looks like a boy & lives on land he can breathe underwater When Magnus Fin discovers his initials scratched into the rocks by the shore & finds dead seals washed up on the beach he knows his selkie family needs his help & he dives down beneath the waves to find out more The great seal sickness has struck & his grandmother Miranda is dangerously ill But Magnus Fin is sure there's another reason for their affliction He sets out to reveal the truth with just his moonstone his last baby tooth & some seaweed from Neptune's garden for luck Little does he know that his best friend Tarkin who can't swim is determined to join him on this perilous mission This is the exciting sequel to Kelpie Prize-winning Magnus Fin & the Ocean Quest ...