Magnum Photos

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Magnum Photos is an international photographic cooperative owned by its photographer-members, with offices located in New York, Paris, London and Tokyo. According to co-founder Henri Cartier-Bresson, "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."

War photographers Robert Capa, David "Chim" Seymour, William Vandivert, Henri Cartier-Bresson, and George Rodger founded Magnum in 1947, responding to their World War II experiences.[1] Magnum is one of the first photographic cooperatives, owned and administered entirely by members. The staff serve a support role for the photographers who retain all copyrights to their own work.

The Magnum cooperative has included photojournalists from across the world and has covered many historical events of the 20th century. The cooperative's archive includes photographs depicting family life, drugs, religion, war, poverty, famine, crime, government and celebrities.

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  • Ilkka Uimonen

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  • John Vink

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  • Patrick Zachmann

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  1. ^ http://www.magnumphotos.com/about/history Magnum's Official History

[edit] Books

  • Magnum: Fifty Years at the Front Line of History by Russell Miller, Grove Press (October, 1999), ISBN 0-8021-3653-2.
  • Magnum Stories by Chris Boot, Phaidon Press (December 1, 2004), ISBN 0-7148-4245-1.