In Our Time: The World as Seen by Magnum Photographers

by Fred Ritchin, Jean Lacouture, William Manchester

Book Overview

As the distinguished historian William Manchester explains in his provocative text, the book is a distinctive blend of reporting and art that inevitably engages the heart and mind of the viewer. Each picture is a comment upon our experience of the twentieth century. The photographers represented here all belong to Magnum, a collective founded in 1947 to give photojournalists artistic freedom and control over the rights to their work. Magnum's archives...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393311295
• ISBN13: 9780393311297
• Release Date: August 1994
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 456 Pages
• Weight: 5.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 9.5" x 12.9"

Customer Reviews

A book of Magnum porportions!

If you are into photojournalistic photography, then you have undoubtedly heard of Magnum. This book is for you if you care about Magnum and are interested in seeing the work of prominent Magnum photographers and reading a bit about the history of Magnum and photography in general. The book is quite big and heavy. This makes it great to display on a coffee table and to view the powerful photographs, but not so easy to read the 3 essays. Also, the book only covers up to the mid to late 80's. It should be updated to include the Magnum photographers of the 90s. That said, it's is still packed with important and inspiring work.

Totally Increadable

The world as seen by the legendary Magnum photographers is really increadable. This book is and will always be a photographic masterpiece. When do we get further editions? Well done Magnum

Excellent display of photojournalistic imagery.

This book is a "must-have" for anyone who has even the most remote interest in photojournalism. Every time you turn the page of this book, you will enter a new era and meet a new person or feel a new experience...and surely you will envy the talent and experience of the photographers who bring it all to print.