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“Short Hair Shorthand”: The Far Right in the UK Through the Magnum Archive

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Magnum photographers reveal the secrets behind some of their most well-known images

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Behind the Image: Alec Soth’s Two Towels

Alec Soth

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

David Alan Harvey

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Behind the Image: David Hurn’s Beatlemania

David Hurn

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Behind the Image: Jonas Bendiksen’s Satellites

Jonas Bendiksen

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Behind the Image: Susan Meiselas’ Carnival Strippers

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Contact Sheets: The Images Behind the Image

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Behind the Image: Daytona Beach by Constantine Manos

Constantine Manos

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Behind the Image: Bruce Davidson’s Brooklyn Gang

Bruce Davidson

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Behind the Image: Che Guevara by René Burri

Rene Burri

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Behind the Image: Protesting the Vietnam War with a Flower

Marc Riboud

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Behind the Image: Harry Gruyaert’s Magritte

Harry Gruyaert

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Behind the Image: After Thanksgiving Dinner, 1976

Richard Kalvar

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Behind the Image: A Moment of Quiet in the Madding Crowd

Nikos Economopoulos

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Behind the Image: Hiroji Kubota Photographs the March on Washington

Hiroji Kubota

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Behind The Image: An English Sunny Afternoon

Ian Berry

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Behind the Image: Bruce Gilden’s Subway Santa

Bruce Gilden

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Behind the Image: Jean Gaumy’s Figure Among the Waves

Jean Gaumy

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Behind the Image: What a teacher’s praise reveals about Werner Bischof’s experimental nude works

Werner Bischof

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Behind the Image: Chris Steele-Perkins’ New Londoners

Chris Steele-Perkins

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Behind the Image: J. Robert Oppenheimer by Philippe Halsman

Philippe Halsman

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Behind the Image: The Kitchen Debate

Elliott Erwitt

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The Magnum Digest: November 15, 2019

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The Day of the Dead

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The Iconic James Dean by Dennis Stock

Dennis Stock

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The Theatre of War

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

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Behind the Image: After Thanksgiving Dinner, 1976

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