photo: Wilmington, North Carolina, 1950 © Elliott Erwitt/Magnum Photos
Magnum America shows an eight-decade visual history of the United States. An epic book from the most prestigious photo agency in the world with six hundred photos of memorable events, colorful celebrities and ordinary and exceptional Americans.
A nation depicted by Magnum photographers, who look at the country as a committed reporter and as an artist.
Each decade between the forties and the present is briefly introduced and has a bird's-eye view, followed by narrative and thematic portfolios. From wars and attacks, entertainment and sports, to the struggles of the civil rights movement and the presidential election, this monumental publication offers a fascinating visual portrait of America over the past eighty years and is destined to become a photobook classic.
Magnum America is compiled by Magnum photographer Peter van Agtmael and Laura Wexler, professor of American studies at Yale University. The book contains more than six hundred images by photographers such as Eve Arnold, Paul Fusco, Susan Meiselas, W. Eugene Smith, Leonard Freed, Carl De Keyzer, Martin Parr, Bieke Depoorter and Alec Soth.
Magnum America - Peter van Agtmaal, Laura Wexler
Pages: 472
Price: €99.50 (after three months €124.50)
Publisher: Thoth Publishers
