Magnum Photos
Historic Photo Print Archive, Featuring Iconic 20th Century Images, Has New Owner and Home
by Jess on Feb.02, 2010, under Magnum Photos, archive, historical images, photo agency, photo archive, photography, photojournalism
NEW YORK, Feb. 2 /PRNewswire/ — Magnum Photos, Inc., MSD Capital, L.P. and the Harry Ransom Center at The
University of Texas at Austin today jointly announced a landmark partnership under which the Magnum Archive Collection, which contains nearly 200,000 original press prints of images taken by world-renowned Magnum photographers, will be preserved, catalogued and made accessible by the Ransom Center. The Collection will reside at the Ransom Center pursuant to an agreement with its new owner, an affiliate of MSD Capital, which recently acquired the prints from Magnum Photos
Magnum Photos, the venerable agency founded, owned, and managed cooperatively by its member photographers, has been a standard of photographic excellence and innovation over the past 60-plus years. The vintage prints in the Collection have been amassed since the 1930s and include images of major world events, celebrities, family life, poverty, religion and social affairs by Magnum photographers including Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Capa, Elliott Erwitt, Leonard Freed, Bruce Davidson, Rene Burri, Eve Arnold, Dennis Stock and more than 80 others.
Book: On The Road, 1940-1949 By George Rodger
by Jess on Jul.09, 2009, under Magnum Photos, books, photographer
On The Road, 1940-1949 by George Rodger
This new monograph presents some of Rodger’s most iconic photographs taken during the 1940s, key years in the life of this charismatic adventurer.
All details here: George Rodger / Magnum Photos
Opening at VERVE Gallery of Photography: Magnum Photos
by Jess on Jul.07, 2009, under Magnum Photos, documentary photography, gallery, photography, photojournalism, reportage
Dust storm. Rajasthan. India 1983 © Steve McCurry / Magnum Photos
Featured Artists: Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Capa, Bruce Davidson, Thomas Dworzak, Elliott Erwitt, Paul Fusco, Constantine Manos, Susan Meiselas, Steve McCurry, Eli Reed, Alex Webb
Santa Fe, NM (PRWEB) July 6, 2009 — VERVE Gallery of Photography is pleased to present Magnum, our summer exhibition. Magnum features a collection of renowned images produced by photographers from the illustrious cooperative Magnum Photos. Magnum Photos is a member-owned cooperative known for photographs that chronicle the world, its peoples, events and personalities.
