"Baldo" is a sensitive talented boy. His father made an effort to give him a good education, above the minimum prescribed by the law, and encouraged him to learn how to play the accordeon. A year a (...)
Questions asked to German girl Gerda with her answers, from the Magnum series "Generation X" on the postwar generation.
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Pride parade. New York City, USA. June 29, 2025. © Jim Goldberg / Magnum Photos
From What's Ours. Beirut, Lebanon. January 1, 2020. © Myriam Boulos / Magnum Photos
Michiko Jinuma. Tokyo, Japan. 1951. © Werner Bischof / Magnum Photos
Holiday Magazine, March, 1953 edition. "Youth of the World, Last of Three Parts."
24-year-old medical student, Nancy Arnold. Holiday Magazine, March, 1953 edition. "Youth of the World, Last of Three Parts." © Eve Arnold/Magnum Photos
Holiday Magazine, January 1953 edition. "Youth of the World, First of Three Parts."
20-year-old Michiko Jinuma, a fashion student. 1951. Tokyo, Japan. © Werner Bischof / Magnum Photos
Gen X boy, Rudolf Kesslau, former member of the Nazi youth organization and soldier, walking to work at a coal mine.
The slogan on the wall says: OHNE UNS (leave us out), and refers to the attitud (...)
Gen X girl, Colette Laurent, in her apartment. Paris, France. 1953. © Robert Capa / International Center of Photography / Magnum Photos
Burhan Jabri (left), an engineering student, with fellow students at Aleppo College, walking with a friend through the old city of Aleppo, and at a coffee shop. Aleppo, Syria. 1952. © George Rodger (...)
Burhan Jabri (right), an engineering student, looking down from the walls of the ancient Citadel over Aleppo. Aleppo, Syria. 1952. © George Rodger / Magnum Photos
ITALY. Umbria. 1951. Ubaldo ("Baldo") Luciano Angelo Orsini, a farmer.
Ubaldo ("Baldo") Luciano Angelo Orsini, a farmer. Umbria, Italy. 1951. © David Seymour / Magnum Photos
Antonia ("Anita") Archidiacono, a drama student. Rome, Italy. 1951. © David Seymour / Magnum Photos
Anita is a Rugby fan. Rugby is considered a very fashionable sport in Rome. Her cousin is the captain of the Rome Rugby Club. Here she watches him play in the National Selection of Italy against Sp (...)
Carmel Abramson-Halperin, a nanny, preparing for sentry duty. Israel. 1951. © David Seymour / Magnum Photos
Carmel Abramson-Halperin, a nanny. Huleh Valley, Israel. 1951. © David Seymour / Magnum Photos
20-year-old Michiko Jinuma, a fashion student. 1951. Tokyo, Japan. © Werner Bischof / Magnum Photos
20-year-old Michiko Jinuma, a fashion student on her way to town. Tokyo, Japan. 1951. © Werner Bischof / Magnum Photos
20-year-old Michiko Jinuma, a fashion student. Tokyo, Japan. 1951. © Werner Bischof / Magnum Photos
Gen X boy, Gunnar Moe. Norway. 1951. © Robert Capa / International Center of Photography / Magnum Photos
Gen X boy, Rudolf Kesslau, showering after a day's work in a coal mine. Essen, Germany. 1951. © Robert Capa / International Center of Photography / Magnum Photos
Gen X boy, Rudolf Kesslau, coal miner and former soldier and member of the Nazi youth organization. Essen, Germany. 1951. © Robert Capa / International Center of Photography / Magnum Photos
Gen X girl, Colette Laurent, on a horse. Paris, France. 1953. © Robert Capa / International Center of Photography / Magnum Photos
FRANCE. Paris. 1953. Gen X girl, Colette Laurent, in her apartment.
Sylvia Andrews, bus ticket inspector. London, England. 1951. © Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson / Magnum Photos
Andrew H. (20), a farmer. England. 1951. © Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson / Magnum Photos
Generation X. DU magazine N.1. January 1954. Pages 2-3.
Anjali Mehr (née Hora). Holiday Magazine, January 1953 edition. "Youth of the World, First of Three Parts." © Werner Bischof/Magnum Photos
Gerda Schwemmer. "I often go to the countryside with friends on weekends. We rented a small cabin not far from Lake Tegernsee. Berti was just about to do a somersault. But I got up quickly." Munich (...)
Gerda Schwemmer, 20 years old. "During the last carnival season, I went to six different costume parties. I mostly wore a black leotard that I had decorated with a red mouth and a wire spiral. Thom (...)
Gerda Schwemmer. "I think Thomas is very much in love with me. I like him quite a bit too, but I think he's a little too young for me. He's only twenty." Munich, Germany. 1951. © Herbert List / Mag (...)
Gerda Schwemmer. "The alarm clock rings at 6 a.m. I sleep in a tiny room next to the kitchen, which is just big enough for my bed. I wash myself at the sink on the left." Munich, Germany. 1951. © H (...)
Goro Suma, law student. Kyoto, Japan. 1951. © Werner Bischof / Magnum Photos
Goro Suma, law student in the university canteen. Kyoto, Japan. 1951. © Werner Bischof / Magnum Photos
GERMANY. Essen. 1951. Gen X boy, Rudolf Kesslau, walking to work.
