This collection features a slipcased set of three volumes from the 'Women Photographers' series, showcasing the work and impact of female photographers. Each book highlights unique contributions to the art form, celebrating diverse styles and perspectives. The series offers an insightful exploration of women's roles in photography, making it an essential addition for enthusiasts and scholars alike. With high-quality reproductions and engaging commentary, this set serves as a tribute to the creativity and influence of women in the visual arts.
This book offers a concise exploration of women photographers' contributions from 1970 to today, highlighting their diverse perspectives and artistic innovations. It showcases a range of styles and themes, reflecting the evolution of photography through the lens of female artists. The survey emphasizes the significance of these women in shaping the visual narrative of contemporary culture and examines their impact on the art world.
The official publication celebrating Magnum Photos’ 70th anniversary with a fresh and insightful view of Magnum’s history and archive, accompanying a landmark exhibition showing in New York at the International Center of Photography in 2017 before touring worldwide In this landmark photography publication and accompanying exhibition celebrating the 70th anniversary of the renowned photo agency, Clément Chéroux and Clara Bouveresse demonstrate how Magnum Photos owes its preeminence to the ability of its photographers to encompass and navigate the points between photography as art object and photography as documentary evidence. Magnum Manifesto is organized into three parts: Part 1, Human Rights and Wrongs (1947-1968), views the Magnum archive through a humanist lens, focusing on postwar ideals of commonality and utopianism. Part 2, An Inventory of Differences (1969-1989), shows a world fragmenting, with a focus on subcultures, minorities, and outsiders. Part 3, Stories About Endings (1990-present day), charts the ways in which Magnum photographers have captured—and continue to capture—a world in flux and under threat. Featuring both group and individual projects, this volume includes magazine spreads, newspaper features, and letters, putting some of the world’s most recognizable images in creative context. Magnum Manifesto is an expertly curated, essential collection of images and commentary.
So legendär die Erfolgsgeschichte von Magnum ist, so sagenumwoben ist die eigentliche Gründung dieser berühmtesten aller Photoagenturen. Die Legende will, dass sich fünf Männer – Robert Capa, William Vandivert, Henri Cartier-Bresson, George Rodger und David Seymour – im Frühjahr 1947 bei einem Mittagessen im MoMA um eine Magnumflasche Champagner versammelten und beschlossen, eine eigene, ganz besondere Photographen-Kooperative ins Leben zu rufen. Nur ist dieses Treffen weder verbrieft noch belegt. Die früheste überlieferte Quelle ist der Eintrag ins New Yorker Handelsregister am 22. Mai 1947 – ein eher nüchternes juristisches Dokument, das hier aus Anlass des 70-jährigen Bestehens von „Magnum Photos, Inc.“ Zum ersten Mal abgedruckt ist. Magnum Manifesto feiert den 70. Geburtstag der Agentur mit einer Publikation, die nicht nur – aber natürlich auch – die berühmten Bilder zeigt, die das Magnum-Archiv in sieben Jahrzehnten zu einem „unerschöpflichen Reservoir an Erinnerungen“ haben anwachsen lassen. Auch dem Wort wird der ihm gebührende Platz zugestanden: Verträge und Memos, Listen standardisierter Begriffe, Briefe, die gerade in den Anfangsjahren das vorrangige Kommunikationsmittel der in alle Welt verstreuten Mitglieder waren. Und das Credo: kein Bild ohne Begleittext! Siebzig Jahre Magnum Photos – die reich illustrierte Geschichte einer institutionalisierten Idee, die längst zum Mythos geworden ist.
