http://festival.magnumphotos.com/news/ en Copyright 2007 Mon, 25 Jun 2007 10:20:04 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Helmut Lang selected bold and raw photographs portraying artists' working spaces within a broad social, artistic, economic and environmental context. The selection also addresses the scarcity of the urban creative habitat; its significance, artistic synergies and vital importance for the progression of art. "Under the best of circumstances, the artist studio is an insight into the soul of the artistic determination and self-doubt, a room where physical force and emotional sensibility seem to live like an invincible married couple". "The artist studio is maybe the last underground; I definitely like the idea that there is one. The realities that were born there are still what they are supposed to be". Music: "Lousie Bourgeois: C'est le murmure de l'eau qui chante" (2002) Thanks to Brigitte Cornand and les film du Siamois http://festival.magnumphotos.com/news/2007/06/helmut_langs_vision_of_magnum.php http://festival.magnumphotos.com/news/2007/06/helmut_langs_vision_of_magnum.php Mon, 25 Jun 2007 10:20:04 -0500 Sixty years after Magnum was officially founded in the cafeteria of New York's MoMA, photographers and staff came together in MoMA's courtyard to toast Magnum's 60th birthday. http://festival.magnumphotos.com/news/2007/06/champagne_toast.php http://festival.magnumphotos.com/news/2007/06/champagne_toast.php Fri, 22 Jun 2007 13:56:05 -0500 The book is still a very important media for photographic storytelling according to Martin Parr who gave his personal views on the Photo Book an evening hosted by art collector Henry Buhl on June 18th. Parr has recently authored a two volume history of the photo book and has a private collection of around 10,000 photo books. http://festival.magnumphotos.com/news/2007/06/the_photo_book.php http://festival.magnumphotos.com/news/2007/06/the_photo_book.php Tue, 19 Jun 2007 19:09:09 -0500 Several hundred people showed up to have their portfolio reviewed by Magnum photographers Larry Towell, Alec Soth, Susan Meiselas, Trent Parke, David Alan Harvey, Jim Goldberg, Chris Anderson, Jonas Bendiksen and Mark Power. The idea was to give the participants a truly honest evaluation of their work and help them to take the logical "next step". The June 17th event was made possible thanks to the support of HP. All participants received a 20 x 24 HP Z3100 print of one of their images made on the HP Z3100. http://festival.magnumphotos.com/news/2007/06/portfolios_reviewed.php http://festival.magnumphotos.com/news/2007/06/portfolios_reviewed.php Mon, 18 Jun 2007 21:49:31 -0500 John Morris, former Picture Editor for Life Magazine and Magnum's first ever Executive Editor, was part of a full audience at NYPL where Philip Jones Griffiths, Susan Meiselas, Gilles Peress, Larry Towell, and Keith Beauchamp discussed new technologies, truth, and the responsibility of today's media. The discussion was moderated by Fred Ritchin. John's memories of the founding members were warmly received. http://festival.magnumphotos.com/news/2007/06/live_from_the_nypl.php http://festival.magnumphotos.com/news/2007/06/live_from_the_nypl.php Sun, 17 Jun 2007 00:17:45 -0500 The 1970s television series M*A*S*H followed a hapless US medical corps stationed in the Korean War. With today's war in Iraq, doctors, nurses, and medics are working on the front lines to keep their casualties down. Thomas Dworzak was with them - embedded with the 44th Medcoms 50th and 150th Medical Companies on several occasions in 2005. http://festival.magnumphotos.com/news/2007/06/mash.php http://festival.magnumphotos.com/news/2007/06/mash.php Fri, 15 Jun 2007 18:10:26 -0500 Watch the entire essay here]]> http://festival.magnumphotos.com/news/2007/06/living_proof_the_essay.php http://festival.magnumphotos.com/news/2007/06/living_proof_the_essay.php Fri, 15 Jun 2007 17:53:07 -0500 Rapping, DJs spinning records, break dancing, and of course great images, were the main ingredients when David Alan Harvey recently opened his Living Proof exhibition at Powerhouse Arena. In 2005 Harvey began photographing local MC's in the Bronx River Projects as part of an exploration into hip hop. Hip hop, which first began on the streets of the South Bronx in the early 1970s, has traveled the globe, finding a home in every corner of the planet. It is this phenomenon that Harvey has captured - from Hollywood celebs to the local cultures of Spain, France, Gambia, Senegal, South Korea, and Thailand. This exhibition has been printed on the new Z3100 printer with generous donation from HP. http://festival.magnumphotos.com/news/2007/06/living_proof.php http://festival.magnumphotos.com/news/2007/06/living_proof.php Fri, 15 Jun 2007 10:13:08 -0500 It might be a long time since he laid his last punch, but Muhammad Ali can still draw a lot of attention. This was apparent when Magnum and 401 Project opened the Ali exhibition which will run until July 29th. Curated by his daughter Maryum 'May May' Ali and long-time manager and friend Gene Kilroy, the exhibition mingles iconic images of the Champ with rare glimpses of the man behind the myth. A portion of proceeds from all print sales will be donated to The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkison's Research. http://festival.magnumphotos.com/news/2007/06/muhammad_ali_celebration_at_401_projects.php http://festival.magnumphotos.com/news/2007/06/muhammad_ali_celebration_at_401_projects.php Wed, 13 Jun 2007 14:07:54 -0500 Creating books has always been one of Magnum's cornerstones. Books allow photographers to take control of the narration and the visual story in a way that is seldom possible in other types of media. In a world with television, the internet, and a vast array of news publications, books still appear to be the most permanent documentation for future generations. This short movie features a selection of the most recent Magnum books and audio comments by photographers. http://festival.magnumphotos.com/news/2007/06/magnum_books.php http://festival.magnumphotos.com/news/2007/06/magnum_books.php Tue, 12 Jun 2007 15:13:27 -0500 The entire second floor of the Strand bookstore was filled with curious listeners on June 11th, when Elliott Erwitt, Larry Towell, Alex Webb, and Jonas Bendiksen gave a glimpse into the process behind the latest in Magnum's history of seminal photo books. After talking and answering questions the four photographers signed copies of their books. http://festival.magnumphotos.com/news/2007/06/magnum_at_the_strand.php http://festival.magnumphotos.com/news/2007/06/magnum_at_the_strand.php Tue, 12 Jun 2007 15:01:38 -0500 After a 23 hour flight Trent Parke opened his "Minutes To Midnight" exhibition in New York on June 10. The exhibition is the result of Parke's 2 year road trip around Australia and is a bold fusion of documentary traditions and a radical contemporary imagination. Minutes to Midnight is an intense and darkly beautiful vision of Australia - one man's attempt to find his place within a country vastly different from the one in which he grew up. http://festival.magnumphotos.com/news/2007/06/minutes_to_midnight.php http://festival.magnumphotos.com/news/2007/06/minutes_to_midnight.php Mon, 11 Jun 2007 18:46:47 -0500 In 1974 Thomas Hoepker became the first West German press photographer to be officially accredited by the "German Democratic Republic." His images - revealing, depressing, and humorous at the same time - preserve the bygone look of the "first Socialist state on German soil." Exhibition: June 6th to July 15th, 2007. http://festival.magnumphotos.com/news/2007/06/pictures_from_a_vanished_country.php http://festival.magnumphotos.com/news/2007/06/pictures_from_a_vanished_country.php Thu, 07 Jun 2007 20:36:41 -0500 I was living in London a the end of the 1960s when I became aware of the brainwashing power of television... I became interested in making a portrait of England by photographing the TV screen.]]> http://festival.magnumphotos.com/news/2007/06/harry_gruyaert_tv_shots_1.php http://festival.magnumphotos.com/news/2007/06/harry_gruyaert_tv_shots_1.php Thu, 07 Jun 2007 09:28:44 -0500 Magnum In Motion to illustrate how that future may look. ]]> http://festival.magnumphotos.com/news/2007/06/the_future_of_photojournalism.php http://festival.magnumphotos.com/news/2007/06/the_future_of_photojournalism.php Mon, 04 Jun 2007 16:09:39 -0500