Through The Lens:MAGNUM

a co-operative of photographic greatness

For decades, Magnum’s bevy of talented photographers have been traveling the world capturing the essence of people, events, important issues and personalities. For the first time, Artspace and Magnum have partnered to bring you an indepth look and access to the work of over 20 renowned photographers and counting.

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    Bob Henriques

    Bob Henriques was a photographer known for his candid and revealing snapshots of some of the twentieth century's most iconic figures...

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    Bruno Barbey

    Bruno Barbey is a Frenchman born in Morocco. He studied photography and graphic arts at the École des Arts et Métiers in ...

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    Bruce Gilden

    Bruce Gilden's childhood in Brooklyn endowed him with a keen eye for observing urban behaviors and customs. He studied ...

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    Burt Glinn

    Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Burt Glinn served in the United States Army between 1943 and 1946, before studying ...

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    Christopher Anderson

    Christopher Anderson was born in Canada in 1970 and grew up in west Texas. He first gained recognition for his pictures in ...

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    Chris Steele-Perkins

    Although gifted in the language of photojournalism, Peter Marlow is not a photojournalist. He was initially, however, one of the ...

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    Constantine Manos

    Constantine Manos was born in 1934 in South Carolina to Greek immigrant parents. His photographic career began ...

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    David Seymour

    David Szymin was born in 1911 in Warsaw into a family of publishers that produced works in Yiddish and Hebrew. His family moved to ...

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    Dennis Stock

    Dennis Stock was born in 1928 in New York City. At the age of 17, he left home to join the United States Navy. In 1947 he became an ...

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    Elliott Erwitt

    Born in Paris in 1928 to Russian parents, Erwitt spent his childhood in Milan, then emigrated to the US, via France, with his family in ...

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    Elliott Landy

    Elliott Landy, born in 1942, began photographing the anti-Vietnam war movement and the underground music culture in New York City in ...

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    George Rodger

    Born in Cheshire, George Rodger served in the British Merchant Navy. After a short spell in America, he worked as a ...

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    Hiroji Kubota

    During a visit by Magnum members to Japan in 1961, Hiroji Kubota came to know René Burri, Burt Glinn and Elliott Erwitt. After ...

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    Inge Morath

    Inge Morath was born in Graz, Austria, in 1923. After studying languages in Berlin, she became a translator, then a journalist and ...

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    Moises Saman

    Moises Saman was born in Lima, Peru, from a mixed Spanish and Peruvian family. At the age of 1 his family relocated to Barcelona ...

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    Paolo Pellegrin

    Paolo Pellegrin was born in 1964 in Rome. He studied architecture at L'Università la Sapienza, Rome, Italy. After three years, he ...

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    Paul Fusco

    Paul Fusco worked as a photographer with the United States Army Signal Corps in Korea from 1951 to 1953, before ...

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    Peter Marlow

    Although gifted in the language of photojournalism, Peter Marlow is not a photojournalist. He was initially, however, one of the ...

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    Stuart Franklin

    Stuart Franklin was born in Britain in 1956. He studied photography and film at West Surrey College of Art and Design and geography ...

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    Steve McCurry

    Steve McCurry has been a one of the most iconic voices in contemporary photography for more than 30 years, with scores ...

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    Thomas Hoepker

    Thomas Hoepker studied art history and archeology, then worked as a photographer for Münchner Illustrierte and ...

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    Werner Bischof

    Werner Bischof was born in Switzerland. He studied photography with Hans Finsler in his native Zurich at the School ...

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A Whimsical Lens on the WorldA Q&A with Elliott Erwittimage descriptionREAD NOW
Chronicling History's CornersA Q&A with Paul Fuscoimage descriptionREAD NOW