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Magnum Contact Sheets by Kristen Lubben (Paperback, 2017)

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Few photography books can lay claim to being truly groundbreaking. The first edition of Magnum Contact Sheets was one of them. This exceptional book, presented here in a new, accessible and democratically priced format for the first time, reveals how Magnum photographers capture and edit the very best shots. Addressing key questions of photographic practice - was the final image a set-up, or a serendipitous encounter; did the photographer work diligently to extract the potential from a situation, or was the fabled 'decisive moment' at play? - this book lays bare the creative methods, strategies and editing processes behind some of the world's most iconic images. 139 contact sheets, representing 69 photographers, are featured, as well as zoom-in details, selected photographs, press cards, notebooks and spreads from contemporary publications, including Life magazine and Picture Post. Further insight into each contact sheet is provided by texts written by the photographers themselves or by experts chosen by members' estates. Many acknowledged greats of photography are included, such as Henri Cartier-Bresson, Elliot Erwitt and Inge Morath, as well as Magnum's latest generation, such as Jonas Bendiksen, Alessandra Sanguinetti and Alec Soth. These photographers cover over seventy years of history, from the Normandy landings by Robert Capa, the Paris riots of 1968 by Bruno Barbey and war in Chechnya by Thomas Dworzak to images of Che Guevara by Rene Burri, Malcolm X by Eve Arnold and clasic New Yorkers by Bruce Gilden. This landmark book, published just as the shift to digital photography threatens to render the contact sheet obsolete, celebrates the sheet as artifact, as personal and historic record, as invaluable editing tool, and as a fascinating way of accompanying great photographers as they work towards, and capture, the most enduring images of our time.

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PublisherThames & Hudson LTD

ISBN-139780500292914

eBay Product ID (ePID)233301545

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Book TitleMagnum Contact Sheets

AuthorKristen Lubben

FormatPaperback

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2017

Number of Pages524 Pages

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Item Height293mm

Item Width240mm

Item Weight2840g

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Title_AuthorKristen Lubben

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom

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by debrasmith71
06 Apr, 2017
Great Book
Bought this for my husbands birthday, he loves it, has read through it 3 times now. Very informative, heavy book, so for the home not travelling.
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by mermaid0133
08 Nov, 2017
Magnum Contact Sheets
Fantastic book shows the shots around the photos that became icons of 20th century photography. Totally inspiring and challenging. Anyone even vaguely interested in photography should have this book.
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by G3-pYiU2Tcu@Deleted
13 Sep, 2018
overall very good
good price & of course excellent content - but the book spine got a little damage during delivery.
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by jar759336
24 Mar, 2020
An excellent book to study photography
Great book! Gotta a lot to read and study ; )
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by simonandrew1962
25 Oct, 2017
Fab photo book
Iconic photo's from Magnum with background and context beautifully illustrated and explained
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by gailiem
24 Apr, 2019
Good product
Exactly what I wanted at the right price and delivered before the estimated date.
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by alfl_787
27 Jan, 2023
Fascinating look at the context of famous images
Fascinating to see so many famous images in the context of the contact sheets they were chosen from together with the background stories of how/where/why/when they were taken.
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by victocunningha-2
27 Dec, 2018
Just what I wanted
Lots of very good content in the book
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by titimino78
18 Sep, 2020
Beautiful book
Amazing book
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