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Above all, I craved to seize the whole essence, in the confines of one single photograph, of some situation that was in the process of unrolling itself before my eyes.
-Henri Cartier-Bresson
HAMBURG, West Germany—Around the neck of a young man hangs a sign that reads, "I am looking for any kind of work," December 1952-January 1953. © Henri Cartier-Bresson / Magnum Photos
DESSAU, Germany—A transit camp, located between the American and Soviet zones, was organized for refugees, political prisoners, POWs, forced laborers, and displaced persons returning from the Eastern front of Germany after having been liberated by the Soviet army. A Belgian woman and former Gestapo informer, being identified as she tried to hide in the crowd, April 1945. © Henri Cartier-Bresson / Magnum Photos
MUNICH, West Germany—Oktoberfest, 1961. © Henri Cartier-Bresson / Magnum Photos
MUNICH, West Germany—Oktoberfest, 1961. © Henri Cartier-Bresson / Magnum Photos
MUNICH, West Germany—Oktoberfest, 1961. © Henri Cartier-Bresson / Magnum Photos
MUNICH, West Germany—Oktoberfest, 1961. © Henri Cartier-Bresson / Magnum Photos
HAMBURG, West Germany—December 1952-January 1953. © Henri Cartier-Bresson / Magnum Photos
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The intersection of Sepulveda and Washington Boulevards in Culver City fifty years ago. I’ve driven through this intersection a thousand times. It could use a rocket ship and a big ass donut again.
LOS ANGELES—The corner of Sepulveda and Washington Boulevards in Culver City, 1960. © Dennis Stock / Magnum Photos
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Ultimately, photography is about who you are. It is seeking the truth in relation to yourself. And seeking truth becomes a habit.
– Leonard Freed
JERUSALEM—Bible study, 1967. © Leonard Freed / Magnum Photos
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Rather than a profession, photography has always been a passion for me, a passion closer to an obsession.
-Marc Riboud
CHINA—Chinese actress Gong Li during the filming of To Live by Zhang Yimou, November 1993. © Marc Riboud / Magnum Photos
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Once, Henri [Cartier-Bresson] rang me in Paris and said, ‘Josef, [André] Kertész is in town, you must come to dinner and meet him.’ I said, ‘Henri, I love his pictures but I do not need to meet him.’ ‘No, you do not understand, you have to meet him because we three, we are of the same family.’ At the time, this seems to me to be an unbelievable thing to say. Now, though, when I look back from a distance, I can see that maybe there is something in that.
-Josef Koudelka
Stairs of Montmartre, Paris 1925, André Kertész
PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia—1992. © Josef Koudelka / Magnum Photos
Hyères, France, 1932 © Henri Cartier-Bresson / Magnum Photos
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To me, photography is an art of observation. It’s about finding something interesting in an ordinary place… I’ve found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them.
-Elliot Erwitt
CALIFORNIA—1955. © Elliott Erwitt / Magnum Photos
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To photograph is to hold one’s breath, when all faculties converge to capture fleeting reality. It’s at that precise moment that mastering an image becomes a great physical and intellectual joy.
-Henri Cartier-Bresson
MULHOUSE, ALSACE, France—The Tour de France, 1969. © Henri Cartier-Bresson / Magnum Photos
FRANCE—Sunday on the banks of the River Marne, 1938. © Henri Cartier-Bresson / Magnum Photos
FRANCE—Painter Leonor Fini, 1932. © Henri Cartier-Bresson / Magnum Photos
DIEPPE, France—Normandy, 1926. © Henri Cartier-Bresson / Magnum Photos
JOINVILLE-LE-PONT, France—A newlywed couple at an outdoor cafe in the Vallée de la Marne, 1938. © Henri Cartier-Bresson / Magnum Photos
ARLES, France—1959. © Henri Cartier-Bresson / Magnum Photos
CANNES, France—Jacques Tati and Alain Bercourt walk toward the Hotel Carlton, which bears a poster for Tati’s Mon Oncle, playing at the Cannes Film Festival, 1958. © Henri Cartier-Bresson / Magnum Photos
AVIGNON, VAUCLUSE, France—1969. © Henri Cartier-Bresson / Magnum Photos
ÎLE DE FRANCE, France—Along the Marne River, 1936. © Henri Cartier-Bresson / Magnum Photos
OISE, France—1960. © Henri Cartier-Bresson / Magnum Photos
DORDOGNE, France—Le Bugue, 1956. © Henri Cartier-Bresson / Magnum Photos
FRANCE—A Champagne vineyard, Marne, 1960. © Henri Cartier-Bresson / Magnum Photos
BOUGIVAL, France—1956. © Henri Cartier-Bresson / Magnum Photos
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Bronx-born Dennis Stock passed away this Tuesday at the age of 81. Shooting for Magnum Photos for over 50 years, his body of work is most notable for his images of jazz greats and Hollywood celebrities, especially his iconic images of James Dean taken just prior to his death in 1955. One of my favorite series of his are the images on the set of “The Planet of The Apes” movie. I will search for more of those images and post them soon.
James Dean in Times Square, 1955 © Dennis Stock
A very famous photograph of James Dean taken in Times Square in 1955. He is walking in the rain, cigarette dangling from his lips, the beauty of 1950’s New York in varying shades of black and grey — foggy, misty and utterly compelling — in short a perfect picture… perfect composition, perfect subject, perfect era, perfect mood.
-Gail Levin, filmmaker
John Updike, Massachusetts, 1962 © Dennis Stock / Magnum
Art is a well-articulated manifestation of an aspect of life. I have been privileged to view much of life through my cameras, making the journey an enlightened experience. My emphasis has mainly been on affirmative reactions to human behavior and a strong attraction to the beauty in nature.
– Dennis Stock
New York City, 1959 © Dennis Stock / Magnum Photos
Cafe de Flore © Dennis Stock
I’ve never taken an assignment. I’ve always photographed what I wanted to be photographing, and then worried about selling the pictures or doing something with them afterwards. I’ve always shot for myself, and when you’re shooting what you’re interested in shooting, you’re always going to be happy.
– Dennis Stock
NEW YORK CITY—Audrey Hepburn during the filming of Sabrina by Billy Wilder, 1954. © Dennis Stock / Magnum Photos
UNITED STATES—Marilyn Monroe watching the filming of Desirée, 1953. © Dennis Stock / Magnum Photos
PHILADELPHIA—Louis Armstrong during the last minute of concentration in the wings before appearing in public, 1958. © Dennis Stock / Magnum Photos
Miles Davis, Birdland, New York City, 1958. © Dennis Stock / Magnum Photos
FAIRMOUNT, Ind.—James Dean on the farm of his uncle Marcus Winslow, posing with a pig and asking himself, "Do I belong to the animals, to the pigs, the cattle, or the goats?" 1955. © Dennis Stock / Magnum Photos
CALIFORNIA—A surfer at Corona del Mar, 1968. © Dennis Stock / Magnum Photos
Discovery, which is the heartbeat of good photography, occurs more readily when the photographer relinquishes self-consciousness for a state of humility and childlike wonderment. Then there is a greater freshness and purity in what you capture on film.
-Dennis Stock
LOS ANGELES—Playa del Rey, 1968. © Dennis Stock / Magnum Photos
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PRAGUE—New Years' Eve, 2005. © Josef Koudelka / Magnum Photos
G.B. ENGLAND. London. Trafalgar Square. 01/01/2000. © Chris Steele-Perkins / Magnum Photos
NEW YORK—The Bowery, 1947. © Henri Cartier-Bresson / Magnum Photos
PARIS—La Villette, 1929. © Henri Cartier-Bresson / Magnum Photos
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LAMBTON COUNTY, ONTARIO, Canada—Peter, Susanna, and Benjamin Peters in the spring wheat, 1995.
Larry Towell © Magnum Photos
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