In the photo world, the word "iconic" is probably thrown around more often than it should be, serving as the go-to descriptor for any image that we've likely seen many times before. But the figure of the Eiffel Tower -- a structure whose outline alone symbolizes and evokes so much more than what the tower intrinsically is -- that's as iconic as it gets.
Today is the anniversary of the public opening of the Eiffel Tower, so here's a selection of some classic Magnum images featuring the structure and some rare shots from deep in our archive.