11 minute video.
For the first time in its history, the iconic photography agency Magnum has opened its London office's resin print archive to three contemporary practitioners. Guided by the former Magnum Photos archivist Nick Galvin, historian and anthropologist Elizabeth Edwards, photographer Hannah Starkey and artist Uriel Orlow were invited to reinterpret how social, cultural and political inclinations have shaped the content of the archive.
Edwards, Starkey and Orlow chose 130 rarely seen photographs from68,000 prints, which collectively present an imperfect history of photography from 1940 - 2000. Edwards addresses how the experiences of people and their engagement with the world are inscribed in the photograph. Starkey's interest is in how the female perspective has resulted in a narrative linked across the decades, and Orlow teases out the blind spots of history in the margins of crisis.
Twenty-seven photographers whose work is presented in the exhibition include Abbas, Eve Arnold, Rene Burri, Elliott Erwitt, Stuart Franklin, Leonard Freed, David Hurn, Peter Marlow, Inge Morath, Martin Parr, Chris Steele-Perkins and David "Chim" Seymour.
4 minute video of Magnum photographer Elliott Erwitt talking about his work.
Filmmaker Hudson Lines explores Elliott Erwitt's Upper West Side apartment, taking in an extensive archive that reveals the New York photographer's penchant for playful and surreal storytelling.
5 minute video of Magnum photographer Jacob Are Sobol talking about his work.
As a test of the new Leica M Monochrom digital black-and-white camera, Magnum photographer Jacob Aue Sobol made a trek from Moscow to Ulan Bator to Beijing in 28 days, often making more than 1,000 photographs each day for 28 days straight. In this short video, he talks with Lens Culture founder Jim Casper about his adventures, and shares more than 30 of his top picks from that trip.
7 minute video of Magnum photographer Thomas Hoepker talking about his work.
A member and former president of Magnum Photos, Thomas Hoepker has defined German photojournalism like few others. In this video, he discusses his new book "Wanderlust," his travels around the word and some of his most famous photographs.
Thomas Hoepker was honored with the Leica Hall of Fame Award on September 16 at "LEICA - DAS WESENTLICHE" during photokina 2014.
3 minute video. In collaboration with Magnum Photos and The New Yorker, we present "Leica & Magnum: New York, Ten Years Later by Christopher Anderson" a look at New York City ten years after the tragic events of September 11, 2001. The photos featured in this video were taken by Magnum Photographer Christopher Anderson. Christopher shares his thoughts on the project:
"When The New Yorker magazine commissioned me to create a portfolio of images that could speak to how New York has changed in these ten years, I kept returning to the idea of windows. Windows represent the future. They represent passage and change. They shed light. Through windows we see opportunity and possibility. They sometimes reflect our own selves, and they sometimes act as barriers. In a more concrete way, they are how we New Yorkers physically experience our city. And of course, the idea of windows is directly linked to the two buildings that came down on September 11, 2001. These pictures are connected by the idea of windows. They are my attempt to pay tribute to the resilience of this city."
5 minute video of Magnum photographer talking about his work covering the nuclear disaster in Japan 2011.
In our latest photo essay created in partnership with Magnum Photos, we follow Dominic Nahr into the 20km zone surrounding the nuclear power plant at Fukushima, Japan. Nahr documents the damage that resulted from the plant's breakdown.
4 minute video of Magnum photographer Jean Gaumy talking about his work. In French with subtitles. Jean Gaumy has been a Magnum photographer for nearly 40 years. He explains his photographic process and his history with the Leica M System. He takes Leica Camera's latest offering, The Leica M, to Normandy where he captures the scenery.