Magnum Manifesto

The official publication celebrating Magnum Photos' 70th anniversary with a fresh and insightful view of Magnum's history and archive, accompanying a landmark exhibition showing in New York at the International Center of Photography in 2017 before touring worldwide

In this landmark photography publication and accompanying exhibition celebrating the 70th anniversary of the renowned photo agency, Clement Cheroux and Clara Bouveresse demonstrate how Magnum Photos owes its preeminence to the ability of its photographers to encompass and navigate the points between photography as art object and photography as documentary evidence.

Magnum Manifesto is organized into three parts: Part 1, Human Rights and Wrongs (1947-1968), views the Magnum archive through a humanist lens, focusing on postwar ideals of commonality and utopianism. Part 2, An Inventory of Differences (1969-1989), shows a world fragmenting, with a focus on subcultures, minorities, and outsiders.