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Behind the Image: Bruce Davidson’s Brooklyn Gang

Bruce Davidson

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Cardiff, Wales

David Hurn’s Swaps in Cardiff

David Hurn

Sep 30, 2017 - Mar 11, 2018

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Pilgrimage to Uman

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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

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Henri Cartier-Bresson’s Mexico

Henri Cartier-Bresson

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An Eye for Architecture

Theory & Practice

Finding Your Subject

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Inside Dallas Police Training Academy

Jérôme Sessini

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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

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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

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Fake News and Alternative Views: Documenting Contemporary America

Peter van Agtmael

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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

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The Hungarian Revolution

Erich Lessing

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Tracing the Green War

Patrick Zachmann

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Highway Rest Stops

Carolyn Drake

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Elvis Presley: In His Image

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Photographing India

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Philippe Halsman: Jump

Philippe Halsman

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René Burri on the Nuclear Highway

Rene Burri

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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

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The Silk Road

Ian Berry

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Martin Parr: Inside The Savoy

Martin Parr

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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

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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

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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

31 Stories

As Magnum Photos turns 70, we revisit some of the classic stories that defined the early years of the agency.

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Sergio Larrain: Valparaiso

Sergio Larrain

Arts & Culture

The Nuba: Early Color Work

George Rodger

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Josef Koudelka: The Black Triangle

Josef Koudelka

American Civil Rights

7 Stories

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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The Civil Rights Movement

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Black in America

Eli Reed

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This is the Day: The March on Washington

Leonard Freed

Migration in America

6 Stories

A collection of photojournalism that explores life for immigrants to the United States, whether settling, looking for refuge or leaving t...

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Sanctuary Cities

Jérôme Sessini

Arts & Culture

New Americans

Susan Meiselas

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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

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Arts & Culture

Black in America

Eli Reed

A Portrait of America • 28 Stories

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Fake News and Alternative Views: Documenting Contemporary America

Peter van Agtmael

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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

Past Exhibition
Staten Island,

Call & Response

Thomas Dworzak

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

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Future Proofing Life on Earth

Jonas Bendiksen

On Photography: Magnum Photos Now • 9 Stories

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Photographing a Crisis

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Theory & Practice

Breaking Out of the Archive Trap

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Explore Magnum's work in partnership with media, cultural institutions, non-profits and brands

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

The France Project

13 Stories

Perspectives on the social, political and cultural landscape of contemporary France. In this ongoing project, initiated in 2016, Magnum p...

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After La Haine

Lorenzo Meloni

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War Games

Thomas Dworzak

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Inside a French prison

Paolo Pellegrin

EDUCATION

MAGNUM EDUCATION: Educating the next generation of independent visual storytellers globally

Magnum Photos provides photographers at different stages in their careers with truly unique educational and professional development opportunities.

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A Room of Their Own

Susan Meiselas

Available in a limited quantity in the Magnum Shop, this book has been signed by Susan Meiselas.

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Buzzing at the Sill

Peter van Agtmael

Available in a limited quantity in the Magnum Shop, this book has been signed by Peter van Agtmael.

Magnum Stories – Signed by 25 Photographers

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

Burt Glinn

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
Budapest, Hungary

Magnum Workshops in Budapest

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Magnum Photos Now: Beyond the Bible – Jonas Bendiksen Presents The Last Testament

Jonas Bendiksen

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Hong Kong, China

Documentary Workshop in Hong Kong

Chien-Chi Chang

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New York, USA

Framing Community: Magnum Photos, 1947 – Present

Sep 29 - Nov 26

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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

Paolo Pellegrin

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Finding Your Subject

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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

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Inside Dallas Police Training Academy

Jérôme Sessini

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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

Upcoming Exhibition
Madrid, Spain

Magnum Contact Sheets in Madrid

Oct 5, 2017 - Jan 5, 2018

Current Exhibition
Brussels, Belgium

Odyssey Europe

Current Exhibition
Paris, France

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

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Theory & Practice

How Can Photographers Harness the Digital Space?

Current Exhibition
Venice, Italy

Werner Bischof’s Point of View

Werner Bischof

Until Feb 25, 2018

Current Exhibition
, Italy

Robert Capa Retrospective at Bassano del Grappa

Robert Capa

Until Jan 22, 2018

Current Exhibition
West Bengal, India

Sohrab Hura’s ‘Sweet Life’ goes on Show in India

Sohrab Hura

Current Exhibition
Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Bruno Barbey’s Passages in Frankfurt

Bruno Barbey

Until Jan 1, 2018