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The perfect primer on American photographer Louis Stettner

Brooklyn-born Louis Stettner (1922–2016) first took up a camera as a teenager and went on to establish an extraordinary career that lasted almost eighty years. After photographing life on the streets of New York, he joined the famous Photo League and befriended Sid Grossman and Weegee. In the Second World War he served as a combat photographer, and the fight against fascism strengthened his faith in Marxism and the working class.

Living between New York and Paris, he amassed a huge body of work that combined elements of New York street photography with lyrical humanism in the French style. His subjects were many and varied: passengers on the subway and tourists in the streets, Spanish fishermen and American beatniks, protests and demonstrations, landscapes and trees. But no matter where he found himself, he looked for beauty in the everyday and never lost his fundamental compassion and solidarity with ordinary people.

About the Author:

Virginie Chardin writes widely on photography and is the author of Elegance: The Seeberger Brothers and the Birth of Fashion Photography.

What does migration mean for those, who stay behind?

Louise Amelie's documentary photo series is an artistic exploration of the global phenomenon of migration and its many facets, which are often ignored in European migration politics. Migration has always been an integral part of human experience and will continue to be. Yet in public discourse it is presented as an aberration, while the existence of nation-state borders is hardly ever questioned. On the globe, Kyrgyzstan nestles inconspicuously next to Kazakhstan and China, but on the ground the vastness and heights of the mountains seem endless. In contrast to the natural beauty, prefabricated housing estates spring up in the capital, Bishkek. Here lives a young population that, despite all the adversities of post-Soviet reality, faces the world with great confidence. In a collection of portraying texts and photographs that foreground the individual stories, the book is an expression of solidarity and empathy, and shows that migration can mean both an opportunity as well as the painful loss of a beloved Missing Member.

About the Author:

The artistic focus of director and photographer Louise Amelie (*1991, Berlin) is on documentary and street photography. Her series, shot in the USA between 2016 and 2020, have been exhibited internationally and have been awarded the German Photo Book Prize and the Belfast Photo Festival. Since 2021, she has been exploring the theme of post-Soviet identity and migration in Central Asia, spending two and a half months in Kyrgyzstan for this project.

For the first time, Magnum Artists brings together a collection of over 200 photographs that define the unique relationship between the world’s greatest photography collective and the world’s greatest artists. Matisse and Picasso by Robert Capa, Takashi Murakami by Olivia Arthur, Warhol and de Kooning by Thomas Hoepker, Bonnard by Cartier-Bresson, Sonia Delaunay by Herbert List, Kiki Smith by Susan Meiselas, and many more.

Magnum Artists takes readers into the personal worlds of some of the most acclaimed artists, shot by the biggest names in photography. Featuring anecdotal texts tell the stories behind each shoot.

About Magnum Photographers:

Since the 1930s, Magnum Photos has documented the world’s major events and personalities. Its incredible array of photographers continue to share the cooperative’s pioneering vision to chronicle world events, people, places and culture with a powerful narrative that defies convention, shatters the status quo, redefines history and transforms lives.

Read more on magnumphotos.com.

About the Author:

Simon Bainbridge is an arts editor specialising in contemporary photography. He is the editorial director of 1854 Media, and has served as the principal editor of British Journal of Photography since 2003. He has curated two photography exhibitions and initiated the UK’s largest annual public exhibition, ‘Portrait of Britain’.

Unleashed by the world’s finest photographers, mischievous mutts, performing pooches and streetwise strays all leap to life in this deliciously waggish compilation from the Magnum archive

Magnum Dogs is the ultimate collection of canine photography for the discerning dog lover, bringing together a brilliantly diverse and cheering selection that showcases the visual wit and skill of the Magnum team. It features some 180 photographs of dogs from across the world, organized into five thematic chapters – Streetwise, Best in Show, At the Beach, Behind the Scenes and It's a Dog's Life. Canine encounters include immaculately coiffured showdogs captured in wryly observed photography from the likes of Martin Parr and Harry Gruyaert, or intimate glimpses of Hollywood stars alongside their trusted, four-legged confidants, as seen through the lenses of Eve Arnold and Dennis Stock.

Whether depicting strays roaming the streets of Colombia or pampered pooches lounging in Parisian apartments, these photos brim with affection, humour and insight into the human as well as canine condition.

Contents List:

Introduction • 1. Streetwise • 2. Best in Show • 3. At the Beach • 4. Behind the Scenes • 5. It's a Dog's Life • Index of photographers

About the Authors:

Magnum Photos, the world’s most prestigious photographic agency, was formed in 1947 by four photographers: Robert Capa, Henri Cartier-Bresson, George Rodger and David ‘Chim’ Seymour. Its members are renowned for their intelligence in combining both reporter and artist in the photographer’s role – attributes that have defined Magnum for over 70 years, and continue to do so.

Magnum Magnum showcases the best of Magnum Photos, celebrating the vision, imagination and brilliance of its photographers – from the acknowledged 20th-century greats to the modern masters and rising stars of our time

Since its founding in 1947 by Robert Capa, Henri Cartier-Bresson, George Rodger and David ‘Chim’ Seymour, Magnum Photos - the legendary co-operative - has powerfully chronicled the peoples, cultures, events and issues of the time. Now, following its 75th anniversary, Magnum Photos and Thames & Hudson join forces to publish an updated and expanded edition of the original hit publication Magnum Magnum (2007), which was previously presented in three formats and sold over 200,000 copies worldwide.

Organized by photographer, Magnum Magnum is built upon a founding concept that made Magnum such a unique creative environment; a collaborative process where each of the four founders picture edited the other’s photographs. This book evokes the same creative spirit, with each photographer selecting and critiquing six key works by another of the agency’s 87 photographers along with a commentary explaining the rationale behind their choices.

This new edition adds the 25 photographers who have joined Magnum in the last 15 years. With more than 150 new photographs and over 700 pages, this book is the definition of an updated classic.

About the Authors:

Brigitte Lardinois is a Reader in Understanding of Public Photography at the London College of Communication, University of the Arts London. Lardinois’ association with Magnum began in 1995 when she set up the Cultural Department of their agency in London. She has been involved in group exhibitions as well as solo shows – working closely with Henri Cartier-Bresson, Martin Parr, Josef Koudelka, Eve Arnold, Elliott Erwitt and many others.

The official publication celebrating Magnum Photos’ 70th anniversary: a totally fresh and perceptive view of the legendary agency’s history and archive

This landmark book celebrates the 70th anniversary of the world’s greatest photographic agency, Magnum Photos. Offering a fresh and insightful view of the agency’s history and archive, it takes an analytical look at the work of Magnum’s photographers, and provides an understanding of what it is that makes Magnum Photos so different, so special and so great.

Author and curator Clément Chéroux, together with Clara Bouveresse, demonstrates how Magnum Photos owes its pre-eminence to the ability of its photographers to encompass and navigate the points between photography as art object and photography as documentary evidence. A Magnum photograph can be expressive and bear witness at the same time.

The book is organized into three main parts: Part I (1947–1968) views the Magnum archive through a humanist lens, focusing on post-war ideals of commonality and utopianism. Part II (1969–1989) shows a world fragmenting, with a focus on subcultures, minorities and outsiders. Part III (1990–2017) 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, the book includes magazine spreads, newspaper articles, excerpts from books, and other valuable material, putting some of the world’s most recognizable images in creative context. Complete with extensive texts, an anthology of correspondence and an agency timeline, Magnum Manifesto is an expertly curated, essential collection of images and commentary for anyone seeking the very best in photography.

Contents List:

Preface: May 22, 1947 • Part I, 1947–1968: Human Rights and Wrongs • Part II, 1969–1989: An Inventory of Differences • Part III, 1990–2017: Stories About Endings • Epilogue: 'Magnum Is…'

About the Authors:

Clément Chéroux is senior curator of photography at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. He was formerly head curator of photography at the Centre Pompidou, Paris.

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

The first complete illustrated bibliography of 1,000 iconic photobooks created by members of the renowned photo agency

This fascinating in-depth survey brings Magnum's history alive through the genre of the photobook – an essential vehicle for photographers to share their work.

Its pages include unpublished behind-the-scenes material, together with ephemera from the photographers' archives about the making of their books. With an introduction by Fred Ritchin and texts by Carole Naggar, this book explores the evolution of the photobook, as well as the important role that Magnum has played in the history of documentary photography.

About the Authors:

Fred Ritchin is Dean of the School at the International Center of Photography in New York. He has lectured internationally on photography and written numerous books on the subject.

Carole Naggar has worked as a poet, artist, curator, educator and photography historian since 1971. Her published books include biographies of David Seymour, George Rodger and Werner Bischof.

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- The first catalogue raisonne of over 1,000 photobooks, published by Magnum photographers since the agency was founded in 1947, with 100 books explored in detail
- Celebrates the work of Magnum's founders Robert Capa, Henri Cartier-Bresson, David Seymour, and George Rodger, as well as others - Magnum's roster of stars includes Eve Arnold, Philip Jones Griffiths, Josef Koudelka, Steve McCurry, and Martin Parr
- Allows access to a unique collection created by the members of the world's most prestigious photo agency - a collection that has never before been published in a single comprehensive survey
- Publication coincides with an exhibition of Magnum books at the Musée de l'Elysee, Lausanne, Switzerland and a 'fly-on-the-wall' TV documentary to be aired on the BBC and PBS

Magnum Photos was the first photographic agency to be founded by photographers themselves, or as Henri Cartier-Bresson described them, by “adventurers with ethics.” Magnum owes its reputation to the talent of its members, who have never swerved from the principles of its founders: solidarity and respect for individuality. What unites all of these photographers, however, is their understanding of journalism and the warmly human gaze that they cast upon the world.

PHOTOFILE brings together the best work of the world's great photographers in an attractive pocket-size format and at an easily affordable price. Handsome and collectable, each volume in the series contains some sixty full-page reproductions printed in superb duotone, together with a critical introduction, a chronology and a bibliography. 

A boxed set of postcards featuring images of the Big Apple taken by members of the world's greatest photographic agency

This stylish box contains 36 postcards featuring iconic images of New York by some of Magnum's best-known photographers including Henri Cartier-Bresson, Werner Bischof, René Burri, Eve Arnold, Cornell Capa and Bruno Barbey. Send them to the photography fans in your life, curate and frame your favourite combination, use the cards as gift tags – these beautiful cards have endless uses!

About the Authors:

Magnum Photos, the world’s most prestigious photographic agency, was formed in 1947 by four photographers: Robert Capa, Henri Cartier-Bresson, George Rodger and David ‘Chim’ Seymour. Their members are renowned for their intelligence in combining both reporter and artist in the photographer’s role – attributes that have defined Magnum for over 60 years, and continue to do so.

Contents List:

Includes • 1. Burt Glinn, New York City, USA, 1986. • 2. Thomas Hoepker, Times Square traffic. New York City, USA, 1983. • 3. Christopher Anderson, Atlas watches the rain. Brooklyn, New York City, USA, 2009. • 4. David Hurn, Lower Manhattan, New York City, USA, 1962. • 5. Stuart Franklin, Central Park, New York City, USA, 1988. • 6. Thomas Hoepker, Katz’s Delicatessen on Houston Street. New York City, USA, 1986. • 7. Hiroji Kubota, Manhattan, New York City, USA, 1989. • 8. Bruce Gilden, Coney Island, New York City, USA, 1977. • 9. Bruce Davidson, New York City subway. USA, 1980. • 10. Leonard Freed, A policewoman playing with local kids in Harlem. New York City, USA, 1978. • 11. Chien-Chi Chang, Birdcages hanging in a window on Mott Street in Chinatown. New York City, USA, 1996. • 12. Constantine Manos, Times Square, New York City, USA, 2001. • 13. Raymond Depardon, The Guggenheim Museum, New York City, USA, 1981. • 14. Susan Meiselas, On the A train to Rockaway Beach. Little Italy, New York City, USA, 1978. • 15. Burt Glinn, Overlooking the Thanksgiving Day Parade on Central Park West. New York City, USA, 1992. • 16. Jean Gaumy, Watching a beluga whale at the aquarium. Coney Island, USA, 1987. • 17. Henri Cartier-Bresson, Fire in Hoboken, New Jersey, facing Manhattan. USA, 1947. • 18. Thomas Hoepker, ‘Lovers’ Lane’ in New Jersey, USA, 1983. • 19. Richard Kalvar, Brooklyn Bridge, New York City, USA, 1969. • 20. Werner Bischof, New York City, USA, 1953. • 21. René Burri, Chrysler Building, New York City, USA, 1980. • 22. Alex Webb, Coney Island, New York City, USA, 1983. • 23. Harry Gruyaert, Manhattan, New York City, USA, 1998. • 24. Nikos Economopoulos, Times Square, New York City, USA, 1998. • 25. Gueorgui Pinkhassov, Brighton Beach, Coney Island, New York City, USA, 2007. • 26. Paolo Pellegrin, View from the top floor of the Rockefeller Center. New York City, USA, 2010. • 27. Ferdinando Scianna, Coney Island, New York City, USA, 1985. • 28. George Rodger, The observatory on the 86th floor of the Empire State Building. New York City, USA, 1950. • 29. Eve Arnold, Outside a premiere at the Metropolitan Opera House. New York City, USA, 1950. • 30. Burt Glinn, The trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange just before the closing bell. New York City, USA, 1979. • 31. Bruno Barbey, Central Park, New York City, USA, 1967. • 32. Inge Morath, Window washers on 48th Street. New York City, USA, 1958. • 33. Dennis Stock, New York City, USA, 1950. • 34. Elliott Erwitt, New York City, USA, 1955. • 35. Michael Christopher Brown, Central Park, New York City, USA, 9 February 2013. • 36. Cornell Capa, Senator John F Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy campaigning during a ticker-tape parade in Manhattan. New York City, USA, 1960.

A boxed set of postcards featuring photographs of the City of Light, taken by members of the world's most famous photographic agency

This stylish box contains 36 postcards featuring iconic images of New York by some of Magnum's best-known photographers including Henri Cartier-Bresson, Harry Gruyaert, Robert Capa, Marc Riboud, Bruno Barbey and Raymond Depardon. Send them to the photography fans in your life, curate and frame your favourite combination, use the cards as gift tags – these beautiful cards have endless uses!

About the Authors:

Magnum Photos, the world’s most prestigious photographic agency, was formed in 1947 by four photographers: Robert Capa, Henri Cartier-Bresson, George Rodger and David ‘Chim’ Seymour. Their members are renowned for their intelligence in combining both reporter and artist in the photographer’s role – attributes that have defined Magnum for over 60 years, and continue to do so.

Contents List:

Includes • 1. Elliott Erwitt, 100th anniversary of the Eiffel Tower. Paris, France, 1989. • 2. Martin Parr, The Louvre, Paris, France, 2012. • 3. Burt Glinn, A show at the Crazy Horse nightclub in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France, 1956. • 4. Chris Steele-Perkins, Beneath the pyramid at the Louvre. Paris, France, 1999. • 5. Dennis Stock, Café de Flore, Paris, France, 1958. • 6. Paolo Pellegrin, Balenciaga Fashion Show. Paris, France, 2007. • 7. Guy Le Querrec, A resident of the housing block on Rue Georges Le Bigot on her way to the town hall for her wedding. Villejuif, Paris, France, Saturday 29 November 1975. • 8. Henri Cartier-Bresson, Square du Vert-Galant and the Pont Neuf. Île de la Cité, Paris, France, 1951. • 9. Harry Gruyaert, Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport. France, 1985. • 10. Richard Kalvar, Swings at the Place de la Bataille-de-Stalingrad. Paris, France, 1994. • 11. John Vink, Paris, France, 14 February 1989. • 12. Mark Power, The grand foyer of the Palais Garnier. Paris, France, 2004. • 13. Bruno Barbey, March from the Place de la Concorde to the Arc de Triomphe in support of President Charles de Gaulle. Avenue de Champs-Élysées, Paris, France, 30 May 1968. • 14. Patrick Zachmann, Flooding of the Seine (staged photo). Paris, France, February 1978. • 15. Bruce Gilden, The autograph room at the Hôtel Drouot. Paris, France, 1999. • 16. Raghu Rai, Sacré-Cœur viewed from Square Willette. Paris, France, 1998. • 17. Richard Kalvar, The demolition of Les Halles. Paris, France, 1972. • 18. David Alan Harvey, French teenagers on a boat on the Seine. Paris, France, 1988. • 19. Jean Gaumy, Trocadéro Gardens, Paris, France, 1974. • 20. Gueorgui Pinkhassov, The reopening of the Centre Georges Pompidou after more than two years of extensive renovation. Beaubourg, 4th arrondissement of Paris, France, January 2000. • 21. Herbert List, Eyes in the sky. Paris, France, 1937. • 22. Alex Majoli, Moulin Rouge viewed from Place Blanche. Paris, France, 2000. • 23. Alex Majoli, Barbès – Rochechouart Métro station. Paris, France, 2001. • 24. Abbas, Haute Couture collection at the Emanuel Ungaro Fashion Show. Paris, France, 1985. • 25. Alec Soth, Moujik IV. The Foundation Pierre Bergé - Yves Saint Laurent, 16th arrondissement of Paris, France, 2007. • 26. Leonard Freed, A tourist riverboat passing in front of the Paris law courts. 1st arrondissement of Paris, France, 1985. • 27. Ferdinando Scianna, Montmartre, Paris, France, 1963. • 28. Marc Riboud, Zazou, the Eiffel Tower’s painter. Paris, France, 1953. • 29. Marc Riboud, Paris, France, 1953. • 30. Raymond Depardon, Pyramid of the Louvre, Paris, France, 1999. • 31. Sergio Larrain, The Seine, Paris, France, 1959. • 32. Robert Capa, Place de la Concorde viewed from the Time-Life office. Paris, France, 1952. • 33. Bruce Davidson, Palais-Royal Garden, Paris, France, 2006. • 34. David Hurn, Children playing with their model yachts in one of the ponds in the Tuileries Garden outside the Louvre. Paris, France, 1982. • 35. Inge Morath, Le Marais, Paris, France, 1957. • 36. René Burri, Luxembourg Garden, Paris, France, 1950.

John Malkovich and Sandro Miller pay homage to the icons of photography that have changed our collective imagination.

Meryl Streep is a myth, even without the celebrated portrait taken by Annie Leibovitz in 1981, and another myth – John Malkovich – pays heartfelt homage to her talent, with the complicity of Sandro Miller in a project designed to bring to life the works of master photographers that have changed our collective imagination. In this original project, photographer Sandro Miller uses the celebrated American actor to recreate some of the most famous portraits of all time. Malkovich Malkovich Malkovich! is a sort of magic formula with no need for Photoshop, relying simply on the actor’s chameleon-like talent to open the doors of our imagination.

Thanks to meticulous make-up sessions, costumes and sets, coming after months of research, Malkovich becomes Albert Einstein sticking his tongue out at Arthur Sasse (1951), Che Guevara as captured by Alberto Korda (1960), Hitchcock, the master of suspense, as portrayed ironically by Albert Watson, and Jack Nicholson behind the mask of the Joker by Herb Ritts (1988). Miller’s impressive talent for lighting and editing takes care of all the rest. Establishing a profound connection with the subjects and authors, styles and artistic languages, Malkovich represents Robert Mapplethorpe’s transgressive Self and animates Andres Serrano’s plastic crucifix (1987), Andy Warhol’s pop art and the fragrance of Jean Paul Gaultier’s vibrant spirit immortalized by Pierre et Gilles (1990). With a fur wrapped around his head, Malkovich becomes Mick Jagger as depicted by David Bailey (1964) and even transforms, naked and covered with bees, into Richard Avedon’s famous Beekeeper. The same versatility allows him to embrace his Yoko Ono, lying beside her nude like John Lennon before Annie Leibovitz’s camera in the award-winning shot taken only a few hours before he was murdered.

About the Author:

Sandro Miller (1958) is considered one of the world’s foremost advertising photographers. He is known for his expressive images and his close collaboration with the actor John Malkovich and other members of the Steppenwolf Theater Company of Chicago.

Man Ray is one of seven new titles being published this spring in Thames & Hudsons acclaimed Photofile series.

Each book brings together the best work of the worlds greatest photographers in an attractive format and at an easily affordable price.

Handsome and collectable, the books are printed to the highest standards.

Each one contains some sixty full-page reproductions printed in superb duotone, together with a critical introduction and a full bibliography.

Man Ray (1890-1976) occupies a prominent place in 20th-century art history. A versatile artist, he was a pioneer of modern art. His polymorphic work crosses all fields of visual arts: photography, assemblage, sculpture, painting, drawing, film…
Man Ray arrived in Paris from New York in July 1921. Born in Philadelphia in 1890, of Jewish parents of Russian origin, Emmanuel Radintsky took a two-syllable pseudonym: “Man”, man (short for Manny, his childhood nickname) and “Ray”, the ray of light. Painter, draftsman, assembler of objects, in New York, he frequents intellectual and artistic circles, discovers the European avant-gardes with his first wife, who makes him discover French literature… He became friends with Marcel Duchamp, with whom he collaborated for artistic creations.

This friendship will last all their lives. In connection with the movement European Dada, they published the only issue of New York Dada, which attracted very little attention. Disappointed and disillusioned, Man Ray concludes that “Dada cannot live in New York”. He only has one objective: to join Duchamp, who has just returned to Paris..

Published in connection with an exhibition opening at Photo Elysée in spring 2024, this book presents more than 150 of Man Ray’s portraits, primarily from the 1920s and 30s

Man Ray (1890–1976) was a man both of and ahead of his time. With his conceptual approach and innovative techniques, he liberated photography from previous constraints and opened the floodgates to new ways of thinking about the medium.

A close friend of Marcel Duchamp and André Breton, he was one of the few photographers to be mentioned among the Dada artists and Surrealists. He also worked as a fashion photographer, first for Vogue, and later for Harper’s Bazaar and Vanity Fair. Renowned as the creator of Ingres’ Violin – a photograph from 1924 that broke records when it was sold for $12.4 million in 2022 – Man Ray remains an influential figure in the worlds of art, fashion and pop culture, with many other artists referencing his work.

Published in connection with an exhibition at Photo Elysée and in the centenary year of the publication of André Breton’s Surrealist Manifesto, this book presents more than 150 of Man Ray’s portraits, primarily from the 1920s and 30s. It includes portraits of the leading lights of the Paris art scene, among them Marcel Duchamp, Robert Delaunay, Georges Braque, Alberto Giacometti and Pablo Picasso, as well as a selection of his fashion work. As an innovator of photographic techniques and compositional form, Man Ray found the studio portrait – be it of the artists and writers with whom he had longstanding friendships, or of the objects and sculptures he collected – to be the playground in which he could express the visual wit and experimentation for which he is renowned.

About the Authors:

Nathalie Herschorfer is the Director of Photo Elysée in Lausanne, Switzerland. Her previous books for Thames & Hudson include Deborah Turbeville: Photocollage, Body and Coming into Fashion. Wendy A. Grossman is an independent scholar and curator. She is the author of Man Ray, African Art, and the Modernist Lens.

Celebrated Italian photographer Marco Anelli captures the construction of Magazzino Italian Art, a new Hudson Valley institution dedicated to postwar and contemporary Italian art.

The transformation and expansion of a 1960s factory building in Cold Spring, NY to house an extraordinary art collection has been documented by Marco Anelli, Magazzino Italian Art’s first artist in residence. From initial excavations to the installation of artworks in the galleries, Anelli traces Spanish architect Miguel Quismondo’s plan to create a space that bridges the artistic legacy of the Hudson Valley with the demands of ambitious contemporary artworks. Several essays and examples of founders Nancy Olnick and Giorgio Spanu’s stunning Italian art collection enliven Anelli’s series of landscape photographs and portraits.

About the Author:

Marco Anelli’s publications include works on sculpture and architecture. Vittorio Calabrese is the director of Magazzino Italian Art. Nancy Olnick and Giorgio Spanu are the co-founders of Magazzino Italian Art. Manuel Blanco is an architect, curator, and professor at the School of Architecture of Madrid (ETSAM). Alberto Campo Baeza is an architect and professor at ETSAM. Marvin Heiferman is an American curator and writer.