Magnum Photographer of the Week

bdcolen

Robert Capa

And here's his bio.

craig_d

Does it bother you that his most famous war photo is now believed to have been staged?

Nir

I recently had an opportunity to view some of Robert Capa's work from a private collection exhibited in Point of View 2009 in Tel-Aviv.
I found Capa’s prints of the 1948 Tel-Aviv coast with Altalena smoking in the background and newly-formed IDF troops taking cover in an exchange of gunfire with Irgun fighters amazing! These are things we learn about in high school history lessons and here they were illustrated before me from Capa's amazing perspective!

michswiss

I've read up on and am in awe of Robert Capa (and his Brother's) work. It's important to have at least a passing understanding of the starting point for Magnum, but most of us don't live in war zones or get to travel to the four corners of the world.

Excepting those that are true students, I think seeing images by Magnum photographers that might inspire emulation would be excellent. Basically, I'd like to see some references to contemporary Magnum and other prominent Photogs. I know they are there, I've spent too much time on that sight

B. D., which of the current generation of Magnum Photographers do you find most interesting?

Angelo

anyone else having trouble loading those magnum pages?

Richard

Angelo wrote:

anyone else having trouble loading those magnum pages?

They work for me .

Angelo

funny - they refuse to load in firefox but load instantly in IE

Richard

Angelo wrote:

funny - they refuse to load in firefox but load instantly in IE

I'm using FF on XP and I'm running FlashBlock and AdBlock. Are you using some other extensions in FF?

Sorry for the hijack, but I'm guessing others might be having problems as well.

bdcolen

michswiss wrote:

I've read up on and am in awe of Robert Capa (and his Brother's) work. It's important to have at least a passing understanding of the starting point for Magnum, but most of us don't live in war zones or get to travel to the four corners of the world.

Excepting those that are true students, I think seeing images by Magnum photographers that might inspire emulation would be excellent. Basically, I'd like to see some references to contemporary Magnum and other prominent Photogs. I know they are there, I've spent too much time on that sight

B. D., which of the current generation of Magnum Photographers do you find most interesting?

Well, first, I admit I am more drawn to the older Magnum folks than the younger, and tend to feel that Magnum has made members too many younger photographers who it brought it because of their commercial value to the agency, rather than because of a commitment to serious documentary work. That said, Alex Majoli (sp) does some pretty amazing stuff; Larry Towell's work is terrific, and there's a woman who's name I can't recall who blows me away.

In my photo classes I have the students buy the book Magnum Stories, which includes work by about a zillion photographers, and includes them talking about a particular project or body of work. The students are reach required to pick a Magnum photographer and give a 10-12 minute presentation on his or her work some time during the semester.