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Archive - Square Print Sale: june 2015 - An Image That Changed Everything 

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Leading up to Magnum Photos’ 68th Annual General Meeting, the cooperative’s members were asked to select An Image that Changed Everything. The idea was to give photographers an opportunity to reflect on their careers and identify a single picture that represents a turning point in their lives as image makers. Over fifty Magnum photographers have submitted their interpretation of the prompt in the form of a photograph and an accompanying story.

From JUNE 8th to JUNE 12th, these images will be made available as SIGNED Magnum Square Prints for $100 at store.magnumphotos.com. Magnum Square Prints... 

Richard Kalvar 1967

“I had dropped out of college, worked for a photographer, and... 

Guy Le Querrec 1971

“In my early years as a professional photographer, I had an assignment... 

Patrick Zachmann 1984

“In 1984, I was 29 years old, and I was asked to make work with... 

Thomas Dworzak 1993

“Ever since I was a teenager, I wanted to become a photographer.... 

Gueorgui Pinkhassov 1995

“This girl is a designer. A French magazine asked me to do a... 

Eli Reed 1995

“I was innocent for a brief night after arriving at the camp.... 

Abbas 1970

“This photo, one of my earliest, was taken in September 1970,... 

Micha Bar-Am 1967

“Jerusalem — a divided city, where demonstrations for and against... 

Alex Webb 1979

“The sad, vibrant, tragic, beguiling country of Haiti has been... 
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Elliott Erwitt 1949

“The picture made me a vegetarian. But only for a while.” — Elliott... 

Peter Marlow 1998

“Very early one morning in 2000, I was dragged out of my bed... 

Ian Berry 1961

"This was the first time I met Mandela. The occasion was the... 

Stuart Franklin 1989

"This is an image that changed everything because, for me, it... 

Nikos Economopoulos 1986

“There was a period that I started searching for the familiar... 

Constantine Manos 1952

“This photograph of children running through the woods is my... 

Chien-Chi Chang 1997

“This coveted profession is prone to all sorts of unexpected... 

Paul Fusco 1968

“In 1968, I was assigned by Look magazine, where I was a staff... 

Bruce Davidson 1968

“This is a photograph from my project East 100th Street. In 1966,... 

Larry Towell 1997

“My wife Ann and I had been digging during the day, transplanting... 

Jean Gaumy 1998

“I made this photograph in January of 1998 on a Spanish trawler... 

Susan Meiselas 1978

“This image has always sparked a memory of reflection for me.... 

Bruce Gilden 1982

“I had wanted to use flash for a long time, but it took me years... 

Thomas Hoepker 1963

“People often ask me, ‘What is your most important tool?’ And... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2000

“I can only really reflect on my photography by thinking about... 

Jim Goldberg 1995

“This was in San Francisco, in 1987. A bunch of kids were camped... 

Antoine d'Agata 2002

“I finally understood that photography could pervert reality... 

David Hurn 1967

"The mid-’60s was a watershed for me photographically. The flirtation... 

Bruno Barbey 2006

“This is an early digital photograph for me. I started shooting... 

Jacob Aue Sobol 2001

“The picture that changed everything? When I fell in love with... 

Peter van Agtmael 2008

“I took this picture in May, 2008. Having spent the previous... 

Alec Soth 1992

“In March of 1992, I made a road trip down the Mississippi River... 

Bieke Depoorter 2009

“I never felt comfortable with street photography. If I take... 
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Steve McCurry 2010

“I took this photograph of a Soviet-era car on the colorful streets... 

Jonas Bendiksen 2012

“This picture of a burning hut was taken in 2012 while I was... 

Raghu Rai 2013

“Way back in 1969, when I was a young budding photographer, trying... 

Hiroji Kubota 1963

“I came to know Elliott Erwitt, Burt Glinn and René Burri in... 

Jerome Sessini 1999

“It was my first assignment abroad. I was a young freelancer... 
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Martin Parr 1984

“In 1982 I bought the newly released Makina Plaubel 55mm fixed-lens... 

Moises Saman 2001

“This is one of my early photographs from Afghanistan. In it,... 

Harry Gruyaert 2015

"In 1966, I was losing my girlfriend to her new lover. So, I... 

Mark Power 2015

“I’d already been documenting the construction of the Dome for... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 2015

“When do things change so dramatically that they change our lives?... 

Alessandra Sanguinetti 2015

“I met Belinda and Guillermina when they were five years old.... 

Sohrab Hura 2015

“When thinking about a single image that may have changed my... 

Alex Majoli 1986

"Long ago, when my grandmother died, I wanted to bring something... 

Mikhael Subotzky 2005

“I feel that everything is changing in my work, right now, as... 
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