Magnum Photos -The Changing of a Myth

[@absolute1020]

Probably the best 480P video I've seen !

[@countyphotographer]

That was a trip back in time. How much has changed in photography during the past 2 decades. Excellent documentary, interviews, camera work and showing Magnum’s still photo prints. That 2-day annual meeting was truly the who’s who of top photojournalists. I like the idea of evolving to “personal documentaries” however I see some top photographers today making it too personal and finding only scenes that support their way of thinking while ignoring the scenes that might make one think twice. Integrity is all we have left as everyone can take great pictures now and tell stories. Maintain an ethical approach without exception or deception.

[@stanvandersluis8486]

Yes! Personal documentairy becomes a decease for documentary photography. Only implement you own opinion in a still photo.. the art is to document something with a neutral view. Thats how you can inform a viewer without to much you own opinion in it.

[@davidcopperfield-notthemag397]

So glad this photographic society/colaboration exists! Magnificent! Integrity in photo journalism!

[@ronhall7442]

Interesting insights into the way these different photographers are inspired and how they approach their work.

[@jeremoe1]

Interesting documentary on Magnum; learned a lot from it. I'm sure it must be a high honor to be a member. Thanks for posting.

[@Supra_Mare_Cultro_Bloke]

it was.

[@Magneira]

Thank you for posting this!

[@MichaelAdamsFilm]

good work, enjoyed to watch... Bin selbst Photograph, Filmer, Autor, freue mich über die Ausrichtung - Photojournalismus-Personal Documentary - das Beobachten wird zum Bemerken dessen, das schon da ist & wartet. Immer wieder neu. Danke.

[@conanliquid]

At 37:25 lol. Banging a Leica to get it working again.

[@mrclarky]

Very insightful, thanks for posting :)

[@MakersTeleMark]

This is phenomenal. Don't know what else to say.

[@romiemiller7876]

If Bresson could be active at 89, I don't have any excuses at 74.

[@user-in9bc5jo5g]

👍🏽

[@stanvandersluis8486]

If you do hard pysicall labor it is different 😅😂

[@shughy1]

Now I see my problem doing street photography, I forget to smile at people and they get aggressive 😂

[@jorgegarateu6488]

Alguien padría traducir o sbtitular este magnífico documental en español para que muchos fotógrafos hispano hablantes puedan entenderlo. Someone could translate this magnificent documentary or subtitling in Spanish for many Spanish speakers can understand photographers

[@novakradulovic9436]

martin parr is hilarious

[@synthesaurus]

Best of them all ;)

[@fotoflick5]

loved it

[@cabinvibenet5777]

New sub! Liked 🙏😛😮

[@filmic1]

Too funny, banging a Leica to get it working...!! Wish I could do that with this Nikon FM I've got.

[@alexfxlll]

Magnum needs me ;-)

[@dandeakin945]

Great documentary, even in 2023…

[@adcheche12]

What does the final text written by H C B says? Couldn't read it very well.

[@H3ath]

"Dear Arte etc.... If ever the need arises...."

[@Dpul945]

55:50 10 years on and my god look at us now...

[@roynewport5397]

What lens do you think Martin Parr was using it was focusing really close.

[@kriseric1]

20:00 This is what post-brexit UK looks like, folks

[@robertbutts9835]

Frank Cappa and HCB started magnum..? From what I remember..

[@jcnash02]

What is the machine he's using in the intro to print the photo (the one the Vietnam photo came out of)

[@prottentogo]

+jcnash02 It's a machine used in the darkroom to dry off the prints.

[@lovewant]

Its an ilford bw processor

[@alexkwan160]

I don't know why when I take photos to pedestrians, they usually look upset and annoyed even felt invaded. They would stop me to shot them even threaten me to call the police. Do you have the experience?

[@laiander1]

Legenda em Portugues?? :(

[@edadellal3227]

26.44

[@edadellal3227]

26:52

[@alexkwan160]

I need subtitle please

[@tempest01100]

Enjoyed watching - learned what a pretentious gang it is. I wouldn't want to mix with them even if they paid me.

[@cameraman655]

Indeed they were and still likely are. I had the misfortune of running into one while working as an AP stringer in the UK during the 80s. Very unpleasant with a massive ego, more like a GOD complex. I will admit however, I wish I had that level of talent and skill.

[@Siftedheart]

Paul Holmes hahaha I kinda know what you mean 😜

[@mintslice2214]

i particularly don't like martin parr

[@cameraman655]

No, if it was Gilden, I'd probably flattened the bastard.

[@cameraman655]

Ditto, he is a bit of a smug bastard.

[@lovewant]

wenn sich die Notwendigkeit ergibt

[@gameapptv9575]

What a change'? olivia-arthur-now-can-we-talk-about-magnum-photos-and-child-abuse

[@shumyinghon]

nearly everyone is a pretty competent photo journalist now..and shoot more than working journalists too perhaps

[@stanvandersluis8486]

The problem is people think they are competent if the are able to find a shutter button😅

[@filmic1]

Very funny? sad? min. 37 he has to knock his Leica about on the steering wheel trying to get it to work.

[@michaellutherdavies]

Many times I've worked the fuck out of the m2 and m4. In the 60s and 70s. 10 rolls a day 365 a year.

[@ThePhotographyHobbyist]

What struck me is how haphazard it all seems (watching the photogs walk around snapping photos). I'm sure there is lots of intent and certain skills involved enough though it appears haphazard, but I do get the distinct impression there's a lot of 'spray and pray' going on and lots of 'I'll just try this and maybe one of them will work' going on. Maybe that's the nature of that type of work. I don't know, because I tend to shy away from photographing strangers and I'm almost always in single shot, not continuous and swinging the camera around hoping I'll get one that works. You may need continuous for fast speed or to catch a certain expression, but even then it feels a little bit like cheating if you don't know when to press the shutter and capture the expression you want.

[@andrewrussell2845]

That's just the thing. They DO know when to press the shutter and it most certainly isn't spray and pray, although with that kind of photography, you will always take a few shots to ensure that you come away with something worthwhile. It's not landscape photography.

[@Monkey_D_Cluffy]

I once heard that robert frank would have maybe 1 he said if he was lucky as a keeper on 1 single roll of film. Winogrand would shoot hundreds of rolls in a matter of a few weeks. This is the point i feel about any photography. If you shoot a singular image how do you know if you will even get the right shot? Or wait you just got into photography huh?

[@Magneira]

Yes, this is not landscape photography and they are not photographing some big event like a war or a president speaking. So, by nature, if they are photographing everyday life, things will be random and chaotic, the skill comes to know where to look, when to press the shutter and specially what to show and what not to show, so curating those photos is a work of art in itself.

[@medes5597]

​​@-ca--hen you would have found Cartier-Bresson stupid. He took 300,000+ photos in his lifetime. He exhibited and printed less than 1% of them. He used to go through 6 rolls of film on his morning walk. It's the dirty secret of street photography - it's all about curation.

[@MrBeen992]

WHAT THE F@CK ARE THE MAGNUM PHOTOS ??????

[@hotcrossbones]

Good but depressing. Shooting shouldn't be so drab and negative.

[@synthesaurus]

Most of them are pinkos trying to bring "progress"

[@medes5597]

​@@synthesauruslmfao

[@paulking8055]

Perhaps a good way of controlling what would be independent free thinking photographers......wouldn't want a narrative straying, rather reinforce the agenda and promote the over represented.

[@papitapaloro]

Fotografía aburrida y fotógrafos...Hoy hay muchos mejores fotógrafos y fotografía mucho más convocante.

[@alexkwan160]

Are you sure? I think it would be harder to take classic photos like the time

[@fusionsnackyam]

Until now, I've had nothing but love for Magnum. This documentary is excruciatingly boring. I made it 38 minutes, but now I'm cutting my losses.

[@user-zg4cz7hr6c]

Magnum has lost it's way - photojournalism for "The emperors new clothes". What I see in todays work is rubbish and of no consequence.