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Upcoming Exhibition
Bristol, UK

Martin Parr’s Black Country Stories

Martin Parr
Oct 25 - Jan 20

Current Exhibition
Oslo, Norway

Martin Parr at the Qvale Galleri

Martin Parr
Until Oct 4

Upcoming Exhibition
Munich, Germany

Souvenir – A Photographic Journey

Martin Parr
Oct 11 - Jan 28

Upcoming Exhibition
Bristol, UK

Martin Parr Foundation

Martin Parr
Oct 25

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

Burt Glinn

Arts & Culture

In Our Time

Theory & Practice

Behind the Image: Bruce Davidson’s Brooklyn Gang

Bruce Davidson

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Pilgrimage to Uman

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Surviving Boko Haram

Paolo Pellegrin

Arts & Culture

Henri Cartier-Bresson’s Mexico

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Arts & Culture

An Eye for Architecture

Theory & Practice

Finding Your Subject

Newsroom

Inside Dallas Police Training Academy

Jérôme Sessini

Newsroom

Police Work: Leonard Freed’s photographs of the NYPD

Leonard Freed

Arts & Culture

Oxford University by Martin Parr

Martin Parr

Theory & Practice

How Can Photographers Harness the Digital Space?

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The Collapse of the Caliphate

Lorenzo Meloni

Arts & Culture

A Russian Journal

Robert Capa

Arts & Culture

Inside The World’s Largest Food Fight

Matt Stuart

Theory & Practice

Telling Stories: the Single Image vs. the Series

Magnum Photographers

Newsroom

Fake News and Alternative Views: Documenting Contemporary America

Peter van Agtmael

Arts & Culture

George Rodger: The Sahara

George Rodger

Arts & Culture

The American Desert: an Elegy to Friendship

Raymond Depardon

Arts & Culture

Access All Areas: Photographing Musicians Backstage

Arts & Culture

The Invisible Thread

Sohrab Hura

Newsroom

The Hungarian Revolution

Erich Lessing

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Tracing the Green War

Patrick Zachmann

Arts & Culture

Highway Rest Stops

Carolyn Drake

Arts & Culture

Elvis Presley: In His Image

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Photographing India

Magnum Photographers

Arts & Culture

Philippe Halsman: Jump

Philippe Halsman

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René Burri on the Nuclear Highway

Rene Burri

Theory & Practice

Behind the Image: Daytona Beach by Constantine Manos

Constantine Manos

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Inside Guantanamo

Peter van Agtmael

Arts & Culture

The Magnum Summer Reading List

Arts & Culture

David Hurn’s Arizona

David Hurn

Arts & Culture

The Silk Road

Ian Berry

Arts & Culture

Martin Parr: Inside The Savoy

Martin Parr

Newsroom

Josef Koudelka: Gypsies

Josef Koudelka

Arts & Culture

In Memoriam: John Morris (1916-2017)

Arts & Culture

I Became a Photographer in New Orleans

Abbas

Arts & Culture

Protest!

Arts & Culture

The Golden Hour

Newsroom

An American Chronicle: Desert Landscapes

Mark Power

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Children of Europe

David Seymour

Arts & Culture

California Trip

Dennis Stock

Theory & Practice

Behind the Image: David Alan Harvey’s Work Horse on a Family Porch

David Alan Harvey

Theory & Practice

The Future of the Photobook

Newsroom

Houston: The Most Diverse Place in America?

Alex Webb

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Three Minute Embrace

Carolyn Drake

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Chicago’s South Side

Wayne Miller

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A Room of Their Own

Susan Meiselas

Classic Magnum

Arts & Culture

Sergio Larrain: Valparaiso

Sergio Larrain

Arts & Culture

The Nuba: Early Color Work

George Rodger

Newsroom

Josef Koudelka: The Black Triangle

Josef Koudelka

American Civil Rights

Newsroom

The Civil Rights Movement

Magnum Photographers

Arts & Culture

Black in America

Eli Reed

Newsroom

This is the Day: The March on Washington

Leonard Freed

Migration in America

Newsroom

Sanctuary Cities

Jérôme Sessini

Arts & Culture

New Americans

Susan Meiselas

Newsroom

Syrian Refugees in the US

Peter van Agtmael

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American Civil Rights • 7 Stories

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The Civil Rights Movement

Magnum Photographers

Arts & Culture

Black in America

Eli Reed

A Portrait of America • 28 Stories

Newsroom

Fake News and Alternative Views: Documenting Contemporary America

Peter van Agtmael

Newsroom

Little Mogadishu

Olivia Arthur

Classic Magnum • 31 Stories

Arts & Culture

Sergio Larrain: Valparaiso

Sergio Larrain

Arts & Culture

The Nuba: Early Color Work

George Rodger

Behind The Image • 8 Stories

Theory & Practice

Behind the Image: Alec Soth’s Two Towels

Alec Soth

Theory & Practice

Behind the Image: David Alan Harvey’s Work Horse on a Family Porch

David Alan Harvey

Magnum at 70: What’s On • 19 Stories

Past Exhibition
New York, United States

Women Seeing Women

Until Aug 31

Past Exhibition
Staten Island,

Call & Response

Thomas Dworzak
Until Sep 3

Modern States of Britain • 6 Stories

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The Irish Border, Before and After Brexit

Donovan Wylie

Arts & Culture

Martin Parr: Welcome to Belfast

Martin Parr

Anthropocene • 9 Stories

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Paradise Lost

Michael Christopher Brown

Newsroom

Future Proofing Life on Earth

Jonas Bendiksen

On Photography: Magnum Photos Now • 9 Stories

Theory & Practice

Photographing a Crisis

Magnum Photographers

Theory & Practice

Breaking Out of the Archive Trap

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COURSE

One Year Course: Creative Documentary and Photojournalism with Magnum Photos and Spéos

Magnum Photos and Spéos Photo School present a one-year course based in Paris
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The France Project

Arts & Culture

After La Haine

Lorenzo Meloni

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War Games

Thomas Dworzak

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Inside a French prison

Paolo Pellegrin

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A Room of Their Own

Susan Meiselas

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Buzzing at the Sill

Peter van Agtmael

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Magnum Stories – Signed by 25 Photographers

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Protestors during the 1968 Democratic National Convention. Chicago, 1968.

Burt Glinn
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Magnum Collection Poster: Bondi Beach, Australia. 2000.

Trent Parke
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La Calle: Photographs from Mexico

Alex Webb
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Upcoming Workshop
Hong Kong, China

Documentary Workshop in Hong Kong

Chien-Chi Chang
Sep 29 - Oct 3

Upcoming Exhibition
New York, USA

Framing Community: Magnum Photos, 1947 – Present

Sep 29 - Nov 26

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Cardiff, Wales

David Hurn’s Swaps in Cardiff

David Hurn
Sep 30, 2017 - Mar 11, 2018

Upcoming Exhibition
Salo, Finland

Elliott Erwitt Retrospective in Finland

Elliott Erwitt
Sep 30, 2017 - Feb 4, 2018

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Henri Cartier-Bresson’s Mexico

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Theory & Practice

Behind the Image: Bruce Davidson’s Brooklyn Gang

Bruce Davidson

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Police Work: Leonard Freed’s photographs of the NYPD

Leonard Freed

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An Eye for Architecture

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Surviving Boko Haram

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Current Exhibition
Oslo, Norway

Martin Parr at the Qvale Galleri

Martin Parr
Until Oct 4

Upcoming Exhibition
Bristol, UK

Martin Parr Foundation

Martin Parr
Oct 25

Newsroom

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

Burt Glinn

Arts & Culture

In Our Time

Theory & Practice

Behind the Image: Bruce Davidson’s Brooklyn Gang

Bruce Davidson

Upcoming Exhibition
Cardiff, Wales

David Hurn’s Swaps in Cardiff

David Hurn
Sep 30, 2017 - Mar 11, 2018

Newsroom

Pilgrimage to Uman

Magnum Photographers

Newsroom

Surviving Boko Haram

Paolo Pellegrin

Arts & Culture

Henri Cartier-Bresson’s Mexico

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Arts & Culture

An Eye for Architecture

Theory & Practice

Finding Your Subject

Current Exhibition
London, United Kingdom

In Our Time Exhibition in London

Until Nov 3

Newsroom

Inside Dallas Police Training Academy

Jérôme Sessini

Newsroom

Police Work: Leonard Freed’s photographs of the NYPD

Leonard Freed

Current Exhibition
Hamburg, Germany

Alec Soth’s ‘Gathered Leaves’ in Hamburg

Alec Soth
Until Feb 11, 2018

Upcoming Exhibition
Salo, Finland

Elliott Erwitt Retrospective in Finland

Elliott Erwitt
Sep 30, 2017 - Feb 4, 2018

Current Exhibition
Rotterdam, Netherlands

Bruce Davidson Retrospective in Rotterdam

Bruce Davidson
Until Jan 14, 2018

Arts & Culture

Oxford University by Martin Parr

Martin Parr

Current Exhibition
Aachen, Germany

Richard Kalvar’s ‘Earthlings’ in Aachen

Richard Kalvar
Until Nov 10

Upcoming Exhibition
Madrid, Spain

Magnum Contact Sheets in Madrid

Oct 5, 2017 - Jan 5, 2018

Current Exhibition
Brussels, Belgium

Odyssey Europe

Until Sep 30

Current Exhibition
Paris, France

Henri Cartier-Bresson’s ‘The Europeans’ in Paris

Henri Cartier-Bresson
Until Dec 17

Theory & Practice

How Can Photographers Harness the Digital Space?