简介：Forayoungphotographertoday,itisstillagreatdreamtobecomeamemberofMagnumPhotos,theworld'smostprestigiousphotoagency.Foundedasauniquecooperativein1947byRobertCapa,HenriCartier-Bresson,DavidSeymourandGeorgeRodger,MagnumPhotosisownedbyitsmembers.Createdtogivephotographersthefreedomandindependencetoworkoutsideoftherestrictiveformulasofcommercialjournalism,Magnumwasbuiltupontheprinciplethatthevisionofeveryindividualphotographerberespected. TodaytheagencyrunsofficesinLondon,Paris,NewYorkandTokyo.Withalmost50photographersitstrivestorecordallfacetsofthehumancondition,beitbeautyorhorror.Workingonprojectsforyears,resistingtrendsandsensationalism(notoneimageofthelatePrincessDianacanbefoundinitsarchive),themembersofMagnumarestillconsideredthepremierphotographersintheworld. MAGNUMPHOTOScapturesonfilmMagnumphotographersMartinParr,LarryTowell,LucDelahayeandDonovanWylie,theyoungestmember,inthefield.Well-knownphotographersReneBurriandPhilippJonesGriffithsdiscussthehistoryofthisgroundbreakinginstitution,puttingitsaccomplishmentsintocontext.FilmmakerReinerHolzemarwasgrantedextraordinaryaccesstotheintimateworkingsoftheagency.HeisthefirsttohavefilmedtheannualMagnumPhotosmeeting,wheresomeoftheworld'sfinestphotographersdecideuponthenominationsofnewmembers.ReinerwasabletofilmHenriCartier-Bresson,thecamerashyfounderofMagnum,shortlybeforeBresson's90thbirthday. FromthefarmlandsofCanadawhereMexicanMennonitestoil,tothebattlefieldsofBosnia,MAGNUMPHOTOSexploresthehistoryandaccomplishmentsofthisremarkableandresilientagency.Althoughthenon-commercialprinciplesuponwhichMagnumisfoundedaredifficulttoadheretointryingfinancialtimes,theMagnumarchiveofoveronemillionphotographscontinuestogrow.…