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Paolo Pellegrin on Documenting Family

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Satanists, Surfers, Hippies and Radicals: Dennis Stock’s California Trip

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Paul Fusco: 1930 – 2020

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Behind the Image: David Alan Harvey’s Boy with Balloons

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War Lingers: Srebrenica 25 years on

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Eli Reed’s Formative Years

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The Crimson Line

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“Life Has Changed Here Because of Corona. I Am Trying to Document That”

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In the Balkans: States of Transit and Transition

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Magnum photographers, present during the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s and the historic Selma March, continue to be engaged in docum...

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On This Day in History: The Little Rock Nine Start School

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Native Voice: The Dakota Access Pipeline Protest

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Reflecting on Turkey’s Gezi Park Protests, Five Years On

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1968: Power, Protest and Politics

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Tipping Point: The 50th Anniversary of the 1968 Democratic National Convention Riots in Chicago

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Making the Image: Mother and Daughter by Alec Soth

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Making the Image: Susan Meiselas’ Carnival Strippers Contact Sheet

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Magnum on Set: The Misfits

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Custodians of a Desire: Herbert List’s Couples at the Beach

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Tim Hetherington’s Sleeping Soldiers

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On Photobooks • 10 Stories

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The Golden Age of the Photobook

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Visual Storytelling and Independent Publishing: An Interview with Yumi Goto

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In the Studio • 9 Stories

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In the Studio: Roy Lichtenstein at Work

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In the Studio: Matisse by Henri Cartier-Bresson

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Living With the Land • 7 Stories

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On the Sixth Day: Alessandra Sanguinetti’s Portrait of Life and Death in Agricultural Argentina

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The Source of Light

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On Photography • 11 Stories

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Photographing a Crisis

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Breaking Out of the Archive Trap

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Gentlemen’s Club Bangkok

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Selfies and Historical Recreation at Korea’s Fake Border

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Living in Limbo: How Refugees Are Reshaping Turkey

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Turkey’s Religious Journey

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A Portrait of Russia • 15 Stories

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Post-Soviet Style in Kaliningrad

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World War II • 17 Stories

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The Liberation of Paris From Nazi Rule

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The Magnum Digest: July 31, 2020

Magnum nominee Yael Martínez interviewed in the BJP, Ian Berry and Bieke Depoorter in conversation with WePresent, Cristina De Middel shortlisted for Leica Oskar Barnack Award, plus more this week

Magnum Photos on COVID-19

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See video conversations from quarantine, as well as weekly curations of new work being made on the crisis in the face of social distancing.

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“Life Has Changed Here Because of Corona. I Am Trying to Document That”

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