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Founded in 1947, as a direct response to World War II experiences, by legendary war photographer Robert Capa, David "Chim" Seymour, Henri Cartier-Bresson, George Rodger, and Bill Vandivert, Magnum is probably the first photographic cooperative, entirely owned and controlled by its members. Its staff supports rather than directs the photographers, and copyright is held by the authors of the works, not by the magazines that publish the images, which gives the photographers the freedom to work on inspiring projects without necessarily needing an assignment. 1947 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... Robert Capa Robert Capa (1913 - May 25, 1954) born Ernest Andrei Friedmann in Budapest. ... Chim (pronounced shim) was the pseudonym of David Seymour (November 20, 1911 - November 10, 1956), an American photographer and photojournalist. ... Henri Cartier-Bresson (August 22, 1908 - August 3, 2004) was a French photographer. ... George Rodger (1908-1995) was a British photographer noted for his work in Africa. ... A cooperative (also co-operative or co-op) is an association of persons who join together to carry on an economic activity of mutual benefit, in an egalitarian fashion. ... For copyright issues in relation to Wikipedia itself, see Wikipedia:copyrights. ...

The Magnum cooperative has included some of the world's foremost photographers and photojournalists, and has produced many of the most iconic photographs of the second half of the 20th century. The Magnum collection includes images about the widest variety of subjects, including family life, drugs, religion, war, poverty, famine, crime, government and celebrities. Magnum photographers have covered most of the historical events of the past decades. Sports photojournalists at Indianapolis Photojournalism is a particular form of journalism (i. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the... A family of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso in 1997 A family is a domestic group of people, or a number of domestic groups linked through descent (demonstrated or stipulated) from a common ancestor, marriage or adoption. ... Many drugs are provided in tablet form. ... War is conflict, between relatively large groups of people, which involves physical force inflicted by the use of weapons. ... Poverty is the state of being without, often associated with need, hardship and lack of resources across a wide range of circumstance. ... A famine is an phenomenon in which a large percentage of the population of a region or country are undernourished and death by starvation becomes increasingly common. ... A celebrity is a person who is widely recognized in a society. ...

Complete member list

• Abbas
• Eve Arnold
• Micha Bar Am
• Bruno Barbey
• Jonas Bendiksen
• Ian Berry
• Werner Bischof
• Rene Burri
• Cornell Capa
• Robert Capa
• Henri Cartier-Bresson
• Chien-Chi Chang
• Antoine D'Agata
• Bruce Davidson
• Carl De Keyzer
• Raymond Depardon
• Thomas Dworzak
• Nikos Economopoulos
• Elliott Erwitt
• Martine Franck
• Stuart Franklin
• Leonard Freed
• Paul Fusco
• Jean Gaumy
• Bruce Gilden
• Burt Glinn
• Maya Goded
• Jim Goldberg
• Philip Jones Griffiths
• Harry Gruyaert
• Philippe Halsman
• Erich Hartmann
• David Alan Harvey
• Ernst Haas
• Thomas Hoepker
• David Hurn
• Richard Kalvar
• Josef Koudelka
• Hiroji Kubota
• Sergio Larrain
• Guy Le Querrec
• Erich Lessing
• Herbert List
• Alex Majoli
• Constantine Manos
• Peter Marlow
• Steve McCurry
• Susan Meiselas
• Wayne Miller
• Inge Morath
• James Nachtwey (until 2001)
• Trent Parke
• Martin Parr
• Paolo Pellegrin
• Gilles Peress
• Gueorgui Pinkhassov
• Mark Power
• Raghu Rai
• Eli Reed
• Marc Riboud
• Eugene Richards
• Branco Miguel Rio
• George Rodger
• Lise Sarfati
• Ferdinando Scianna
• David "Chim" Seymour
• Marilyn Silverstone
• Eugene Smith
• Alec Soth
• Chris Steele-Perkins
• Dennis Stock
• Nicolas Tikhomiroff
• Larry Towell
• Ilkka Uimonen
• John Vink
• Alex Webb
• Donovan Wylie
• Patrick Zachmann

Abbas (born 1944) is an Iranian photographer known for his photojournalism in Biafra and Vietnam in the 1970s, and for his photos of Christian and Islamic subjects in later years. ... Eve Arnold is an American photojournalist and was the first female member of the Magnum Photo Agency. ... Werner Bischof (April 26, 1916 - May 16, 1954) was a Swiss photographer and photojournalist. ... Robert Capa Robert Capa (1913 - May 25, 1954) born Ernest Andrei Friedmann in Budapest. ... Henri Cartier-Bresson (August 22, 1908 - August 3, 2004) was a French photographer. ... Chien-Chi Chang (born 1961) is a Taiwanese photographer and member of the Magnum Photos agency. ... Carl de Keyzer (born 27 December 1958 in Kortrijk) is a world-renowned Belgian contemporary photographer. ... Elliott Erwitt is a world-renowned advertising and journalistic photographer. ... Philippe Halsman (1906 - 1979) was a Latvian-born American photographer. ... Erich Alfred Bubi Hartmann (April 19, 1922 - September 19/20, 1993) was the most successful fighter ace in the history of aerial combat. ... Ernst Haas was born March 2, 1921 in Vienna, Austria and died September 12, 1986 in New York City. ... Josef Koudelka (b. ... Susan Meiselas (born 1948) is an American photographer. ... Inge Morath (May 27, 1923 - January 30, 2002) was a photographer. ... Photojournalist James Nachtwey (born 1948) is one of todays most influential war photographers. ... 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Martin Parr (born 1952) is a British documentary photographer / photo-journalist. ... Gueorui Pinkhassov, Russian born photographer, born in Moscow, in 1952. ... Marc Riboud is a French photographer born 1923 in Lyon. ... George Rodger (1908-1995) was a British photographer noted for his work in Africa. ... Chim (pronounced shim) was the pseudonym of David Seymour (November 20, 1911 - November 10, 1956), an American photographer and photojournalist. ...

External links

• Homepage: http://www.magnumphotos.com/