Magnum Photos is an international photo agency and photographic agency that aims to distribute reportage photographs in print. Created on April 27, 1947 in Paris at the initiative of Robert Capa , Henri Cartier-Bresson , George Roger and David Seymour's “Chima” . According to legend, a one and a half liter bottle of champagne ( magnum ), drunk that evening, gave the name to this enterprise [1] . The foundation of the creation of a photo agency was the desire of photographers to preserve and protect the rights of their own photos and have a central bureau.
| Magnum photos | |
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| Type of | |
| Base | 1947 |
| Founders | , , , , and |
| Location |  France : Paris |
| Industry | photojournalism |
| Products | Stock photography |
| Website | magnumphotos.com |
Being the ideological inspirer of the agency, Henri Cartier-Bresson put forward the principles of photography, the most important of which were: use a Leica camera, take photographs for the Magnum Photo agency, prevent staged photography, crop photos.
The agency enjoys well-deserved fame, it includes well-known professional photojournalists , mainly from Western Europe and America . Working in this agency is one of the highest accolades for reporting photography. .
In 1988, photographer George Pinkhasov , who worked with Tarkovsky as a photographer on the set of the film " Stalker ", was selected by the agency. For 2012, this is the only Russian representative in Magnum [2] .
In 2004, the agency launched a new project - “Magnum in Motion” [3] . The project embodies a multimedia form for presenting photographs. The team of photographers creates an essay story, which is a slide show of photos with sound and an interview with the photographer.
In total, at the end of 2007, the agency had 66 photographers and about 100 technical personnel.
Headquartered in Paris, editorial offices are also located in New York, London and Tokyo. In addition, the agency has 15 sub-agencies.
On February 3, 2019, an experimental photo laboratory was opened at the Kupol exhibition pavilion in the Zaryadye nature park in Moscow.