Magnum Photos
Magnum Photos is a world-renowned photographic agency, holding offices in New York, Paris, London and Tokyo.
Founded in 1947, as a direct response to World War II experiences, by legendary war photographer Robert Capa, David "Chim" Seymour, Henri Cartier-Bresson, George Rodger, and Bill Vandivert, Magnum is probably the first photographic cooperative, entirely owned and controlled by its members. Its staff supports rather than directs the photographers, and copyright is held by the authors of the works, not by the magazines that publish the images, which gives the photographers the freedom to work on inspiring projects without necessarily needing an assignment.
The Magnum cooperative has included some of the world's most famous international photographers and photojournalists, and has produced many of the most iconic photographs of the second half of the 20th century. The Magnum collection includes images about the widest variety of subjects, including family life, drugs, religion, war, poverty, famine, crime, government and celebrities. Magnum photographers have covered most of the historical events of the past decades.
Complete member list
- Abbas
- Eve Arnold
- Micha Bar Am
- Bruno Barbey
- Jonas Bendiksen
- Ian Berry
- Werner Bischof
- Rene Burri
- Cornell Capa
- Robert Capa
- Henri Cartier-Bresson
- Chang Chien-Chi
- Antoine D'Agata
- Bruce Davidson
- Carl De Keyzer
- Raymond Depardon
- Thomas Dworzak
- Nikos Economopoulos
- Elliott Erwitt
- Martine Franck
- Stuart Franklin
- Leonard Freed
- Paul Fusco
- Jean Gaumy
- Bruce Gilden
- Burt Glinn
- Maya Goded
- Jim Goldberg
- Philip Jones Griffiths
- Harry Gruyaert
- Philippe Halsman
- Erich Hartmann
- David Alan Harvey
- Ernst Haas
- Thomas Hoepker
- David Hurn
- Richard Kalvar
- Josef Koudelka
- Hiroji Kubota
- Sergio Larrain
- Guy Le Querrec
- Erich Lessing
- Herbert List
- Alex Majoli
- Constantine Manos
- Peter Marlow
- Steve McCurry
- Susan Meiselas
- Wayne Miller
- Inge Morath
- James Nachtwey (until 2001)
- Trent Parke
- Martin Parr
- Paolo Pellegrin
- Gilles Peress
- Gueorgui Pinkhassov
- Mark Power
- Raghu Rai
- Eli Reed
- Marc Riboud
- Eugene Richards
- Branco Miguel Rio
- George Rodger
- Lise Sarfati
- Ferdinando Scianna
- David "Chim" Seymour
- Marilyn Silverstone
- Eugene Smith
- Alec Soth
- Chris Steele-Perkins
- Dennis Stock
- Nicolas Tikhomiroff
- Larry Towell
- Ilkka Uimonen
- John Vink
- Alex Webb
- Donovan Wylie
- Patrick Zachmann
External links
- Homepage: http://www.magnumphotos.com/
Categories: Photography | Cooperatives