Martin Kaninsky 11/1/26 Martin Kaninsky 11/1/26

Newsha Tavakolian

Newsha Tavakolian is an Iranian photographer and Magnum Photos member, born in Tehran in 1981. Her book And They Laughed at Me (Kehrer Verlag, 2026) revisits the photographs she once rejected.

Martin Kaninsky 7/8/24 Martin Kaninsky 7/8/24

Ernst Haas

Ernst Haas (1921–1986) was an Austrian-born photographer who helped turn color photography into an art. A member of Magnum Photos from 1949, he became famous with a 24-page color essay on New York in Life magazine in 1953.

Martin Kaninsky 7/6/24 Martin Kaninsky 7/6/24

Josef Koudelka

Josef Koudelka (born 1938) is a Czech-born photographer who has been a French citizen since 1987. He is known for his pictures of the 1968 Warsaw Pact invasion of Prague and for Gypsies, his long study of Roma life.

Martin Kaninsky 6/2/24 Martin Kaninsky 6/2/24

Abbas Attar

Abbas Attar (1944–2018), known simply as Abbas, was an Iranian photographer based in Paris and a member of Magnum Photos. He covered wars and revolutions for six decades, above all the revolution in his own country.

Martin Kaninsky 5/22/24 Martin Kaninsky 5/22/24

Thomas Hoepker

Thomas Hoepker (1936–2024) was a German photojournalist from Munich and a member of Magnum Photos, which he led as president from 2003 to 2006. For many years he worked for Stern, in East Berlin and later in New York.

Martin Kaninsky 5/10/23 Martin Kaninsky 5/10/23

Alec Soth

Alec Soth (born 1969) is an American photographer from Minneapolis. On long road trips he photographs the people he meets, with a big view camera that makes everyone slow down.

Martin Kaninsky 4/30/23 Martin Kaninsky 4/30/23

Harry Gruyaert

Harry Gruyaert (born 1941) is a Belgian photographer who lives in Paris. He was one of the first photographers in Europe to work entirely in color, and he has been a member of Magnum Photos since 1982.

Martin Kaninsky 4/29/23 Martin Kaninsky 4/29/23

William Eugene Smith

W. Eugene Smith (1918–1978) was an American photojournalist. His long photo essays for Life magazine, like Country Doctor (1948), set a new standard for the photo essay.

Martin Kaninsky 4/10/23 Martin Kaninsky 4/10/23

Steve McCurry

Steve McCurry (born 1950) is an American photographer known for his color portraits and his long work in Asia. His portrait Afghan Girl was on the cover of National Geographic in June 1985.

Martin Kaninsky 4/8/23 Martin Kaninsky 4/8/23

Bieke Depoorter

Bieke Depoorter (born 1986) is a Belgian photographer and a member of Magnum Photos. She is known for asking strangers if she can spend the night in their homes, first in Russia, then in the United States and Egypt.

Martin Kaninsky 4/3/22 Martin Kaninsky 4/3/22

Jonas Bendiksen

Jonas Bendiksen (born 1977) is a Norwegian documentary photographer and a member of Magnum Photos. His books look at community, faith and technology, from forgotten corners of the former Soviet Union to seven men who say they are the Messiah.

Martin Kaninsky 3/8/22 Martin Kaninsky 3/8/22

Martin Parr

Martin Parr (1952–2025) was a British documentary photographer and a member of Magnum Photos. His bright, close and funny colour photographs of the seaside, shopping and tourism changed British documentary photography.

Martin Kaninsky 2/2/22 Martin Kaninsky 2/2/22

Elliott Erwitt

Elliott Erwitt (1928–2023) was an American photographer, born in Paris and raised in Milan. He joined Magnum Photos in 1953 and worked for magazines such as Life, Look and Collier’s.

Martin Kaninsky 2/1/22 Martin Kaninsky 2/1/22

Robert Capa

Robert Capa (1913–1954) was a Hungarian-born photographer and one of the founders of Magnum Photos. He photographed wars from Spain in 1936 to Indochina in 1954, and worked close to the people in them.

Martin Kaninsky 1/30/22 Martin Kaninsky 1/30/22

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908–2004) was a French photographer and one of the founders of Magnum Photos. With a small Leica, he photographed life on the street and great moments of history, from India and China to the Soviet Union.