Magnum Manifesto

Magnum Photos, Clément Chéroux, Clara Bouveresse

The official publication celebrating Magnum Photos’ 70th anniversary with a fresh and insightful view of Magnum’s history and archive, accompanying a landmark exhibition showing in New York at the International Center of Photography in 2017 before touring worldwide

In this landmark photography publication and accompanying exhibition celebrating the 70th anniversary of the renowned photo agency, Clément Chéroux and Clara Bouveresse demonstrate how Magnum Photos owes its preeminence to the ability of its photographers to encompass and navigate the points between photography as art object and photography as documentary evidence.

Magnum Manifesto is organized into three parts: Part 1, Human Rights and Wrongs (1947-1968), views the Magnum archive through a humanist lens, focusing on postwar ideals of commonality and utopianism. Part 2, An Inventory of Differences (1969-1989), shows a world fragmenting, with a focus on subcultures, minorities, and outsiders. Part 3, Stories About Endings (1990-present day), charts the ways in which Magnum photographers have captured—and continue to capture—a world in flux and under threat.

Featuring both group and individual projects, this volume includes magazine spreads, newspaper features, and letters, putting some of the world’s most recognizable images in creative context. Magnum Manifesto is an expertly curated, essential collection of images and commentary.

Contributors

Magnum Photos

Author

Magnum Photos, the world's most prestigious photographic agency, was formed in 1947.

Clément Chéroux

Edited By

Clément Chéroux is a French photography historian and curator. He was recently named Director of the Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson in Paris; he was previously Chief Curator of Photography at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.

Clara Bouveresse

Edited By

Clara Bouveresse is a photography historian with a PhD in art history from Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University.