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{"authorDescription":"Photographs by Magnum photographers, with an introduction by Michael Ignateiff","bookshot2d":null,"bookshot3d":null,"bookshot3dSquare":null,"categories":[],"date":"","editionId":11261,"guid":"36bd90aa-1a36-437d-93cd-427086622d8c","images":[],"markets":{"AUD":{"discountPrice":null,"inventory_policy":"continue","price":"89.95","show":false},"CAD":{"discountPrice":null,"inventory_policy":"continue","price":"75.00","show":false},"EUR":{"discountPrice":null,"inventory_policy":"continue","price":"49.95","show":false},"GBP":{"discountPrice":null,"inventory_policy":"continue","price":"39.95","show":false},"TEST":{"discountPrice":null,"inventory_policy":"continue","price":"0.00","show":false},"USD":{"discountPrice":null,"inventory_policy":"continue","price":"59.95","show":false}},"related":[],"sku":"9780714843568","source":"BOOKs","specifications":{"binding":"Paperback","colIlls":null,"extent":"536","language":"English","lenInch":"9 7/8","lenMm":"250","weightKilo":"2.7","widthInch":"9 7/8","widthMm":"250"},"status":false,"subtitle":"","title":"magnum°","uri":"","webAuthorDescription":"Historian, broadcaster and cultural commentator, Michael Ignatieff was born in Canada. He studied at Upper Canada College and Trinity College in Toronto, and at the universities of Harvard and Cambridge. Ignatieff's best-known books include \u003ci\u003eThe Russian Album\u003c/i\u003e (1988), the Booker Prize-nominated novel \u003ci\u003eScar\u003c/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eTissue\u003c/i\u003e (1993), \u003ci\u003eThe Warrior's Honour\u003c/i\u003e (1999) and the acclaimed biography \u003ci\u003eIsaiah Berlin: A Life\u003c/i\u003e (2000). Ignatieff is currently Director of the Carr Centre of Human Rights Policy at Harvard University.","webDescription":"","webKeywords":"","webLongDescription":"\u003cp\u003eIn taking the temperature of the world's political and social climate, the photographers of Magnum offer us a vision of the world on the cusp of the beginning of the millennium. On the 50th anniversary of the founding of the legendary group, Magnum photo agency again addresses the world in an album of stunning contemporary photography from around the globe. \u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe period following the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 has seen the triumph of American capitalism at one extreme and the resurgence of ancient blood feuds at the other. In this major work, Magnum identifies individual points of human experience - north and south, east and west - engaging with the thrust of human history in different degrees: some photographers tackle dramatic events head-on in the traditional manner of the concerned photographer, others choose subjects and aesthetic viewpoints that are entirely personal. \u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book is constructed around a sequence of photo essays and texts selected by photographers ranging from Henri Cartier-Bresson to Magnum's newest recruits. Many images have not previously been published. \u003ci\u003emagnum° \u003c/i\u003eis introduced by historian, broadcaster and cultural commentator Michael Ignatieff. \u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs intellectually stimulating as the volume is aesthetically arresting, this album signifies a striking tour de force, celebrating the history of Magnum through an intensive retrospective on the recent history of our world.\u003c/p\u003e","webReviews":"“The sheer power is breathtaking … heartbreakingly beautiful”\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cem\u003e The Independent\u003c/em\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e“an excellent-value paperback … photographers here document even the worst world events of the past decade while affirming the genre’s vitality, importance and subliminal optimism. This rich, lucid book, rushing from colour to black and white, from American beach beauties to Beijing hunger strikers, is underlined by deep social and political purpose.”\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cem\u003e Financial Times\u003c/em\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e“the Magnum agency has provided house-room for a stream of some of the greatest photojournalists of our time, and this book … provides ample proof … a masterpiece pretty much everywhere you look”\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cem\u003e The Guardian\u003c/em\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e“Sometimes disturbing but always excellent, these offer a pictorial account of the last 50 years of the 20th century.”\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cem\u003e The Sunday Tribune\u003c/em\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e“The book, which overflows with photographs and includes only the briefest amount of text, is arranged thematically to effectively highlight the wide scope of images even within a narrow field. … Taken together, the thousand or so photos here capture the often surprising, always complex nature of humanity and do justice to the agency founders' original intention to \"document the world as it really is.”\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cem\u003e Amazon.com Review\u003c/em\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e“this hefty exhibition catalog contains over 600 color and black-and-white photographs by 69 Magnum photographers, including original contributions from Cartier-Bresson. … Recommended for general collections.”\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cem\u003e Joan Levin, MLS\u003c/em\u003e","webShortDescription":"Stunning contemporary photography from around the globe by Magnum photographers."}