Magnum Photos

Magnum Photos is an international photographic cooperative founded in 1947 by photojournalists. Its members retain control over their images and choose how to document the world.

Robert Capa: Robert Capa was a Hungarian-American photojournalist known for images of war and a co-founder of Magnum Photos. He helped establish the cooperative and shaped its early identity.
Photographic cooperative: A photographic cooperative is an organization in which photographers jointly manage shared services while retaining professional independence. Magnum’s member-governed structure follows this cooperative model.
Eve Arnold: Eve Arnold was an American photojournalist and the first woman to become a full member of Magnum Photos. Her portraits and social reportage broadened the cooperative’s subjects and membership.
The Decisive Moment: The Decisive Moment is Henri Cartier-Bresson’s 1952 book on photography, timing, and composition. It expresses an influential photographic ideal closely associated with a Magnum founder.
Documentary photography: Documentary photography uses images to record people, places, and events as evidence or interpretation. Magnum’s sustained projects helped shape documentary photography as authored visual work.
Henri Cartier-Bresson: Henri Cartier-Bresson was a French photographer whose candid images helped define modern photojournalism. He was among the photographers who founded Magnum in 1947.
Copyright: Copyright is the legal protection that gives creators control over copying and use of their works. Member photographers’ rights to their images are central to Magnum’s operating model.
Inge Morath: Inge Morath was an Austrian-born photographer and one of the first women to join Magnum Photos. Her long-form work exemplifies the personal documentary projects associated with Magnum.
Country Doctor: Country Doctor is W. Eugene Smith’s 1948 photo essay following a rural Colorado physician. Its extended assignment became a model for the in-depth picture story Magnum promoted.
Picture story: A picture story is a sequence of photographs arranged to report or interpret a subject. Magnum members developed picture stories that gave photographers more narrative control.

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