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Magnum Stories [Hardcover]

Chris Boot
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  • Hardcover: 512 pages
  • Publisher: Phaidon Press Ltd; First Edition edition (15 Nov 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0714842451
  • ISBN-13: 978-0714842455
  • Product Dimensions: 28.5 x 28.6 x 5.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 20,271 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This book explores the 'photo story' through 61 master classes by some of the world's greatest photographers, all members of the international photographic agency Magnum. Henri Cartier-Bresson, Eve Arnold, Elliott Erwitt and their colleagues use the photo story as a vehicle to explain their approach to taking and editing photographs. It is about the Magnum photographers, their subjects and their approaches to photography in general and to the particular form of the photo story. The book will also comprise a history of Magnum practice and photojournalism over a 70-year period. Magnum Stories is a collection of photo stories produced by the photographers of Magnum. Through the work of key Magnum photographers, including Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Capa, Eugene Richards, Martin Parr, Inge Morath and Leonard Freed, this book covers a wide range of subjects including the Vietnam War, student protests in Tiananmen Square, Fidel Castro overthrows Cuban dictator in 1959, Picasso, Malcolm X, the French theatre group Theatre du Soleil, the US invasion of Grenada in the early 1980s, the New York police, Apartheid and Buddhism. The photographic genres covered include war photography, documentary, photojournalism, social realism, portraits of people and places, fashion and news. There are 61 Magnum photographers featured in the book. Each photographer is represented across 8 pages by a photo story of their choice, which is fully illustrated, and a text which is written in the photographer's own voice based on new interviews with the author. The texts are intelligent, idiosyncratic, each with their own voice and style. Accessible and engaging to read, they reveal different perceptions and approaches to photography and each photographer's unique and varied takes on the photo story and their practice - what is the photo story?, what does it mean?, how did they come across it? what key decisions are made when taking the story, etc. As well as featuring the work of individual photographers, this book functions as a history and interrogation of the form of the photo story - the key vehicle for photography in the twentieth century, from its earliest developments in the 30s, through the death of 'photojournalism', to contemporary manifestations, all of which is explored by the author in the introduction. The book explores the influences that have affected the photo story, such as key twentieth century events and the life of photographic magazines such as Newsweek, Time, and Paris Match, all of which have helped to define the genre. It provides a unique reflection on the course of photojournalism in the second half of the twentieth century and into the twenty-first, from the common purpose of the post-WWII years to the individualistic range of practices and interests that constitute documentary photography today.

About the Author

Chris Boot, the editor of the book and author of the introduction, is an independent photography writer and editor of both books and exhibitions. In 1990 he joined Magnum Photos where he worked for eight years, eventually becoming Director of Magnum London in 1993, and subsequently Director of Magnum New York in 1996. In 1998 he joined Phaidon Press as Editorial Director of Photography. As well as writing and curating on photography, he is now an independent publisher/editor and his recent projects include Gideon Mendel, A Broken Landscape (2001), Here is New York - A Democracy of Photographs (2002), Our True Intent Is All For Your Delight - the John Hinde Butlin's Photographs (2002) and Collecting Photography (2003).

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5.0 out of 5 stars Magnum Stories, 7 Jun 2005
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G A S "Luhyaman" (BOLTON, Gtr Manchester United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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Got this book as a present and I am really pleased with it. The photographs are of course good but that is not what makes the book excellent. The 'gold' is in the stories. Interesting, informing and thought provoking. If you just want to look at beautiful pictures then there are lots of books you can choose from but if you are really interested in learning and knowing more about photography then you won't find better than this book. Highly recommended for the thinking person.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Magnum Stories, 11 April 2010
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I have recently purchased this book an am really pleased with it. I'm a proffessional photographer and have been a follower of Magnum for many years. This book is perhaps the most insightfull look into the work of Magnum and also the individual photographers. There are 61 photographers that contribute and have an opportunity to discuss there own work, motivations and origins within photography. The images are excellently portrayed and edited but for me the written text that accompanies each section is what makes the book stand out from the many Magnum books available. By reading the book I know a lot more about how the best photographers approach each story and also what constitutes a good image. The book is huge, containing 512 pages so your certainly getting both quantity and quality for your money. If your after just one quintissential book about Magnum then this is it...the only slight downside to mention is that alot of the newer members of Magnum are not featured due to the 2004 edition of the book.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Great read, great photos, 7 Jan 2009
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This book is a fantastic investment. You can always pick it up and read for 10 or 15 minuits and find something new and interesting. It goes almost without saying that the photos are spectacular.
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