Description
Book SynopsisThis first reading of the vast Magnum Photos archive as a body of work presents an astonishingly rich survey of life and death in the second half of the twentieth and the early twenty-first centuries, as well as a concise history of modern photography.
Trade ReviewReading Magnum merits sustained looking and attentive reading. . . . the volume as a whole constitutes a panoramic view of pictures and activities by Magnum’s photographers, from the inception of the agency to the present. Readers will find in it much that is new, informative and stimulating. * History of Photography *
Compelling...rich and rewarding...[It] will inspire readers from across a range of scholarly disciplines to continue the many illuminating conversations opened up within its pages. * AAG Review of Books *
Table of Contents
- Foreword (Geoff Dyer)
- Introduction. Decisive Moments and Caustic Comments: Reading the Magnum Archive (Steven Hoelscher)
- 1. On Becoming an Archive (Alison Nordström)
- Notes from the Archive: Philip Jones Griffiths's Vietnam Inc.
- 2. War and Conflict through Magnum's Eyes (Barbie Zelizer)
- War and Conflict Portfolio
- Notes from the Archive: Eve Arnold's Black Muslims
- 3. The Face Redrawn: Magnum Portraits (Frank H. Goodyear III)
- Portraiture Portfolio
- Notes from the Archive: Alex Webb's Crossings: Photographs from the U.S.-Mexico Border
- 4. Magnum's Geographies: Toward a Progressive Sense of Place (Steven Hoelscher)
- Geography Portfolio
- Notes from the Archive: Susan Meiselas's Carnival Strippers
- 5. Hollywood Stars, High-Paid Llamas, and Car Shows: Magnum's Cultural Project (Erika Doss)
- Cultural Life Portfolio
- Notes from the Archive: Cornell Capa's Attica
- 6. Seeing the Stranger in the Mirror: Everyday Life in Magnum's Public World (Robert Hariman)
- Social Relations Portfolio
- Notes from the Archive: David "Chim" Seymour's Children of Europe
- 7. Magnum's Global Enterprise (Liam Kennedy)
- Globalization Portfolio
- Acknowledgments
- Contributors
- Illustration Credits
- Index
