Magnum Contact Sheets: Compact Edition [NOT] - Hardcover

Kristen Lubben

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9780500544310: Magnum Contact Sheets: Compact Edition [NOT]

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 050054431X ISBN 13: 9780500544310

Publisher: Thames and Hudson Ltd, 2014

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This is the compact edition of the definitive volume on how iconic images by Magnum photographers are made. Newly re-formatted and with 16 extra pages, this publication features superb reproductions of more than 130 contact sheets and over 200 photographs taken from the sheets, bearing witness to the creative methods, strategies and editing processes used by many of the acknowledged greats of photography. Whether George Rodgers photographs of the Blitz in 1940, Philippe Halsmans memorably surreal image of a leaping Salvador Dal�, Burt Glinn capturing the end of segregation in 1950s Arkansas, David Hurn photographing the Beatles in 1964, Joseph Koudelkas extraordinary images of the invasion of Prague, Susan Meiselas in Nicaragua in the 1970s, Raymond Depardon at the fall of the Berlin Wall, Larry Towell in El Salvador, Bruce Gilden photographing classic New York scenes or Jim Goldberg creating his remarkable, experimental artworks, the contact sheets and images in this book constitute an extraordinary record of great images being captured and edited.

Table of Contents

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1933 HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON Seville
1936 CHIM (DAVID SEYMOUR) Woman in the Crowd
1936 HERBERT LIST Man and Dog, Portofino
1938 ROBERT CAPA The Battle of Rio Segre
1940 WERNER BISCHOF Mountains
1940 GEORGE RODGER The Blitz
1941 GEORGE RODGER Western Desert
1944 ROBERT CAPA D-Day
1945 ROBERT CAPA Leipzig
1946 HERBERT LIST Plaster Casts at the Academy
1948 CHIM (DAVID SEYMOUR) Girls Sewing
1948 PHILIPPE HALSMAN Dal� Atomicus
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1951 WERNER BISCHOF Courtyard of the Meiji Temple
1953 ELLIOTT ERWITT Mother and Child
1953 MARC RIBOUD Eiffel Tower Painter
1955 CORNELL CAPA Fall of Per�n
1956 ERICH LESSING Budapest
1957 BURT GLINN Little Rock, Arkansas
1957 INGE MORATH A Llama in Times Square
1959 EVE ARNOLD Joan Crawford
1959 ELLIOTT ERWITT Kitchen Debate
1959 BURT GLINN Fidel Castro
1959 MARILYN SILVERSTONE The Dalai Lama
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1960 REN� BURRI Ministry of Health
1960 INGE MORATH Refugee Camps
1961 EVE ARNOLD Malcolm X
1961 CORNELL CAPA The White House
1961 BRUCE DAVIDSON Civil Rights Movement
1961 PHILIP JONES GRIFFITHS Boy Destroying Piano
1962 CONSTANTINE MANOS Women at Graveside
1963 REN� BURRI Ernesto 'Che' Guevara
1964 LEONARD FREED Martin Luther King
1964 DAVID HURN The Beatles
1965 DAVID HURN Jean Straker
1966 THOMAS HOEPKER Muhammad Ali
1967 PHILIP JONES GRIFFITHS Wounded Vietnamese Civilian
1968 BRUNO BARBEY Paris Riots
1968 PAUL FUSCO Robert Kennedy Funeral Train
1968 JOSEF KOUDELKA Prague Invasion
1968 DENNIS STOCK California Rock Concert
1968 DENNIS STOCK Playa del Rey
1969 RICHARD KALVAR Woman in Window
1969 GUY LE QUERREC Miles Davis
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1970 RAGHU RAI Mother Teresa
1972 GILLES PERESS Bloody Sunday
1972 FERDINANDO SCIANNA Dog on the Ghat
1973 GUY LE QUERREC Artichoke Harvest
1973 SUSAN MEISELAS Carnival Strippers
1974 IAN BERRY The English
1976 MICHA BAR-AM The Return from Entebbe
1976 MARTINE FRANCK Le Brusc
1976 CHRIS STEELE-PERKINS The Teds
1977 JIM GOLDBERG TJ
1978 RAYMOND DEPARDON Chad
1978 LEONARD FREED Police Work
1978 HIROJI KUBOTA The Golden Rock
1978 GEORGE RODGER Circumcision Ceremony
1978 ALEX WEBB Prostitutes
1979 ABBAS Armed Militants outside the US Embassy
1979 SUSAN MEISELAS Sandinista
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1980 RICHARD KALVAR Piazza della Rotonda
1981 PETER MARLOW Margaret Thatcher
1981 PETER MARLOW Northern Ireland
1981 MARTIN PARR Bad Weather
1983 STEVE McCURRY Dust Storm
1984 BRUCE GILDEN San Gennaro Street Festival
1985 IAN BERRY Apartheid Funeral
1985 MARTIN PARR Last Resort
1985 JOHN VINK Filling Guerbas with Water
1986 STUA

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Review:

There are few books that can be called both definitive and essential for a photography-lover's bookshelf, but this is one of them. --Amateur Photographer

One of the best [photography books] you'll ever read ... an amazing time capsule of photographic thought: a compelling journey through the picture-taking process. --Advanced Photographer

This book is a bit like one of those parties you're trying to blag a ticket to. An unmissable event. Just look who's on stage: Cartier-Bresson, Capa, Erwitt and many more. ... A huge undertaking, well produced this tremendous book shows how defining moments are captured and made iconic. Image, history and process, there's something for everyone here. --The Bookseller

A glorious monument to a way of working that is no more. --The Daily Telegraph

This books allows us to see the mixture of talent, chance, watchfulness and diligence behind each successful picture. ...there are very many reasons to celebrate the images in this huge and beautiful book. --The Guardian

By presenting the unpublished contact sheets behind the world's most iconic photos - including the D-Day landings, the Blitz, Malcolm X and Che Guevara - every compelling page gives us an intimate and exciting sense of walking alongside the photographer. --RA magazine

These contact sheets, souvenirs of a technology that is now obsolete, are the elegy for a lost art. --The Observer

Magnum Contact Sheets reveals the unseen pictures that led to the creation of some of the most iconic and historic images of the modern world, taken by photography's top names. --Scotland on Sunday

A treasure chest of material...this is a book that sets out to transfix and absorb all those that fall on its pages ...with Christmas just around the corner...this should take its place at the top of your wish list. --The Usual Shutter Specs Blog

An exemplary bit of publishing in that it is stunningly beautiful ... but is full of the kind of material that might be considered the preserve of scholars or researchers. --The Observer

A landmark in photography publishing. This rich treasure trove of a book exposes technique and situation through archival imagery like never before --Glass

A must for every photographer's shelf ... an incredible book ... No matter what level of photographer you are, your age or your genre of photography, I would urge you to get this book ... It's a book to fall in love with and treasure. Thank you, Magnum. Thank you, Thames & Hudson. --Professional Photographer

Covetable ... informative and lovingly curated. --Metro

A book for anyone who has tried and failed to get that killer shot ... Gives a sense of how closely skill and seat-of-pants intertwine, even for the greatest photographers. --The Times

Every once in a while a book comes along that makes you stop, look and listen, Magnum Contact Sheets is such a book ... extensive, exhaustive in its research and inspiring. --Hungry Eye Magazine

Gives a fascinating insight into the process of creating great photojournalism. --The Irish Times

This landmark book presents an unparalleled wealth of unpublished material. --Art Daily.org

One thing is for sure: if you do not have a copy of Magnum Contact Sheets on your bookshelf you cannot be serious about photography. --State Magazine

A vast, exquisite elegy to the old way of taking photos. --London Review of Books

Offers intimate insights into the working methods of each photographer ... epic. --The Art Newspaper

The book provides fascinating insight into the selection process and is accompanied by revealing anecdotes from the photographers. --Vice

About the Author:

Kristen Lubben, former longtime curator at the International Center of Photography, is now executive director of the Magnum Foundation.

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