Magnum Magnum

Building on 2007’s blockbuster Magnum Magnum, this limited edition is a book of unparalleled scale and ambition. It is at once a permanent record of many of the iconic images by the legendary creative collective, and an insight, as seen through the critical eyes and minds of Magnum photographers, into what makes a great photograph.

Organized by photographer, Magnum Magnum harks back to Magnum’s early days, evoking the spirit of what made it such a unique creative environment, where each of the four founding members picture-edited the others’ photographs. Here, a current Magnum photographer selects and critiques six key works by another of the agency’s 87 photographers, with a commentary explaining the rationale behind their choice. This edition features over 130 new photographs by the 23 photographers who have joined Magnum since 2007, including Matt Black, Moises Saman, Newsha Tavakolian and Sohrab Hura.

Celebrating the work both of the 20th-century masters of photography as well as the rising stars of our time, this is an essential book for anyone interested in photography or the world depicted by it.

Brigitte Lardinois has been Director of the Photography and the Archive Research Centre (PARC) at the University of the Arts in London since 2018. She was for more than ten years Special Projects and Cultural Director at Magnum Photos London, where she was closely involved in many Magnum group exhibitions, notably ‘Magnum Ireland’, as well as solo shows for Henri Cartier-Bresson, Martin Parr, Josef Koudelka, Eve Arnold, Elliott Erwitt and many others.