Magnum by Russell Miller
Since Magnum was founded in 1947, its members have been on hand to bear witness on the front line of world history. From Robert Capa's stark photograph of a Loyalist soldier being shot in the head during the Spanish Civil War to Eve Arnold's astonishingly intimate portraits of well-known faces - from Joan Crawford to Malcolm X - Magnum has changed how we perceive our political leaders, social crises, and the communities next door.Magnum's photographers are some of the most talented, brave, and resourceful in the world: the founders, Robert Capa, David Seymour, George Rodger, and Henri Cartier-Bresson; and recruits, including Eve Arnold, Bruce Davidson, Mary Ellen Mark, Susan Meiselas, Inge Morath, James Nachtwey, Eugene Richards, and Sebastiao Salgado. Magnum follows them on assignment, facing bodyguards and visa troubles and taking to the risk-filled trenches of several wars for the perfect shot. Full of wonderful stories and heroic feats, Magnum is an essential volume for anyone interested in photography or photojournalism.
Russell Miller is a prize-winning journalist who has written eleven books. He was born in 1938 in east London and began his journalism career at the age of sixteen. He received four press awards and was named Writer of the Year by the Society of British Magazine Editors while working for the Sunday Times Magazine. His book Magnum, about the famed photo agency, was hailed as the best photo-journalism book I've ever read by John Simpson, and his oral histories of D-Day, Nothing Less Than Triumph, and SOE, Behind the Lines were extensively praised in the UK and the US.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780802136534 |
| ISBN 10 | 0802136532 |
| Title | Magnum |
| Author | Russell Miller |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Avalon Travel Publishing |
| Year published | 1999-09-06 |
| Number of pages | 324 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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