Magnum Contact Sheets reveals how Magnum photographers have captured and edited their best shots from the 1930s to the present. The contact sheet, a direct print of a roll or sequence of negatives, is ...
Magnum Contact Sheets shows the magic surrounding the all-encompassing 'decisive moment’ and how iconic images come to exist. This exhibition offers insight into the working methods of the world’s ...
A landmark new book, Magnum Contact Sheets presents an unparalleled wealth of unpublished material, revealing the story behind many iconic and historical images of modern times taken by the world’s ...
The Magnum agency took some of the landmark images of the 20th century-and their contact sheets show how they did it. 11 November 2011 2:57pm “'You turn if you want to,’ Margaret Thatcher said at ...
The Guardian: Contact sheets: where the magic and chaos of photographs comes alive
From the D-Day landings and Tiananmen Square to Salvador Dalí’s flying-cat hijinks, contact sheets reveal the hidden secrets of unforgettable images Henri Cartier-Bresson, co-founder of the famed ...
Magnum Photos has visually documented most of the world’s major events and personalities since the 1930s covering society, politics, events and conflict
Magnum Photos is a co-operative owned and run by its member photographers, who undergo a rigorous process of self-selection in order to become full members. The photographers meet once a year, during the last weekend in June, in New York, Paris or London, to discuss Magnum’s affairs.
The following text on Magnum’s history is by Fred Ritchin, taken from the book Magnum Photos, published by Nathan in the Collection Photo Poche, 1997. Two years after the apocalypse that was called the Second World War ended, Magnum Photos was founded. The world’s most prestigious photographic agency was formed by four photographers – Robert Capa, Henri Cartier-Bresson, George Rodger and ...