Magnum Photos

WE BELIEVE IN THE CULTURAL POWER OF PHOTOGRAPHY

In 1947, following the aftermath of the Second World War, four pioneering photographers founded a now legendary alliance. Combining an extraordinary range of individual styles into one powerful collaboration, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Capa, George Rodger and David Seymour started, over a celebratory bottle of champagne, the longest running artists’ cooperative: The Magnum Photos agency. For over 75 years Magnum has documented most of the world’s major events, people and places. In short, when you picture an iconic image, but can’t think who took it or where it can be found, it probably came from Magnum.

"Magnum is a community of thought, a shared human quality, a curiosity about what is going on in the world, a respect for what is going on and a desire to transcribe it visually"

– Henri Cartier-Bresson
Today Magnum represents some of the world’s most renowned photographers, maintaining its founding ideals and idiosyncratic mix of journalist, artist and storyteller. Our photographers share a vision that defies convention and redefines the status quo.