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Product Identifiers

PublisherThames & Hudson

ISBN-10050054431X

ISBN-139780500544310

eBay Product ID (ePID)10038314809

Product Key Features

Book TitleMagnum Contact Sheets

Number of Pages524 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicPhotojournalism, General

Publication Year2014

IllustratorYes

GenrePhotography

AuthorKristen Lubben

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.9 in

Item Weight117.1 Oz

Item Length11.9 in

Item Width9.8 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2013-956221

Dewey Edition23

ReviewsEach case presented in Magnum Contact Sheets brings a deeper appreciation of the care and dedication the agency extends to photography. . . . You won't experience a moment's hesitation considering this exceptional book for your collection., At their best, the pictures add to our understanding of the surface event documented and reveal something profound about the people pushing that history forward., At their best, the pictures add to our understanding of the surface even documented and reveal something profound about the people pushing that history forward.

Dewey Decimal779.0922

SynopsisAvailable for the first time in a compact edition, this groundbreaking book presents a remarkable selection of contact sheets and ancillary material, revealing for the first time how the most celebrated Magnum photographers capture and edit the very best shots. Addressing key questions of photographic practice, the book illuminates the creative methods, strategies, and editing processes behind some of the world's most iconic images. Featured are 139 contact sheets from sixty-nine photographers, as well as zoom-in details, selected photographs, press cards, notebooks, and spreads from contemporary publications including Life magazine and Picture Post. Further insight into each contact sheet is provided by texts written by the photographers themselves or by experts chosen by the members' estates. Many of the acknowledged greats of photography are featured, including Henri Cartier-Bresson, Elliott Erwitt, and Inge Morath, as well as such members of Magnum's latest generation as Jonas Bendiksen, Alessandra Sanguinetti, and Alec Soth. The contact sheets cover over seventy years of history, from Robert Capa's Normandy landings and the Paris riots of 1968 via Bruno Barbey, to images of Che Geuvara by René Burri, Malcolm X by Eve Arnold, and portraits of classic New Yorkers by Bruce Gilden., Available for the first time in a compact edition, this groundbreaking book presents a remarkable selection of contact sheets and ancillary material, revealing for the first time how the most celebrated Magnum photographers capture and edit the very best shots. Addressing key questions of photographic practice, the book illuminates the creative methods, strategies, and editing processes behind some of the world's most iconic images. Featured are 139 contact sheets from sixty-nine photographers, as well as zoom-in details, selected photographs, press cards, notebooks, and spreads from contemporary publications including Life magazine and Picture Post . Further insight into each contact sheet is provided by texts written by the photographers themselves or by experts chosen by the members' estates. Many of the acknowledged greats of photography are featured, including Henri Cartier-Bresson, Elliott Erwitt, and Inge Morath, as well as such members of Magnum's latest generation as Jonas Bendiksen, Alessandra Sanguinetti, and Alec Soth. The contact sheets cover over seventy years of history, from Robert Capa's Normandy landings and the Paris riots of 1968 via Bruno Barbey, to images of Che Geuvara by René Burri, Malcolm X by Eve Arnold, and portraits of classic New Yorkers by Bruce Gilden., Featured are 139 contact sheets from sixty-nine photographers, as well as zoom-in details, selected photographs, press cards, notebooks, and spreads from contemporary publications including Life magazine and Picture Post . Further insight into each contact sheet is provided by texts written by the photographers themselves or by experts chosen by the members' estates. Many of the acknowledged greats of photography are featured, including Henri Cartier-Bresson, Elliott Erwitt, and Inge Morath, as well as such members of Magnum's latest generation as Jonas Bendiksen, Alessandra Sanguinetti, and Alec Soth. The contact sheets cover over seventy years of history, from Robert Capa's Normandy landings and the Paris riots of 1968 via Bruno Barbey, to images of Che Geuvara by Ren Burri, Malcolm X by Eve Arnold, and portraits of classic New Yorkers by Bruce Gilden., "Offers unique insight into the working progress of the celebrated agency's photographers over the past seven decades--their approach to taking and editing their pictures as well as their idiosyncratic relationships with the contact sheet." --TIME

LC Classification NumberTR820