Title: Magnum": Fifty Years at the Front Line of ...
Publisher: Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd, London
Publication Date: 1997
Binding: Hard Back
Book Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
Edition: 1st.
xii + 324 pages + un-numbered pages of b/w photos. 16 x 24cm. Dust Jacket condition is Very Good, minimal wear. Black cloth hardback binding almost mint. Contents Very good, clean & tigh. Amusing photograph on DJ rear of Magnum staff/photographers some cameras, most covering their faces. This is a biography of Magnum the Legendary Photo Agency, mostly in the words of its photographers, on their half a century, formed in 1947 by a small group of photographers including Robert Capa, Henri Carter-Bresson and George Rodger who established the agency which became the most famous Photo Agency in the world. It includes anecdotal,stories feelings, adventures and reactions of their photographers to 1997 including people who were around some of the great historic occasions, photographing the History of 50 years from world famous people and events to the poor & desperate.