Magnum Poster: Courtyard of the Meiji Shrine in Tokyo, Japan, 1951 Gift these Magnum Contacts offer a

these Magnum Contacts offer a unique insight into the methods by which our photographers produced some of their best known images

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While his famous endorsement of the ‘by any means necessary’ stance set him at odds with prominent pacifist African American leaders like Dr Martin Luther King

The tribes in these West Papuan highlands were only discovered in 1938

the breakup of the Soviet Union became inextricably linked to a familial reconciliation

Magnum Poster: Courtyard of the Meiji Shrine in Tokyo, Japan, 1951 Gift these Magnum Contacts offer aWerner Bischof was given the assignment of photographing the war in Korea in 1951. The job took him through Japan, a country that won his heart. Bischof stayed in Japan for almost a year, discovering the countrys beauty and purity of design and ritual that must have reminded him of his early studio days. The subject matter and the photographers sensitive, considered approach complement each other perfectly. Pictured here, courtyard of the Meji shrine