MAGNUM (Agency). - Lot 198

MAGNUM (Agency). Paris as Seen by Magnum. Photographs. Text by Irwin Shaw, introduction by Inge Morath. Paris, Arthaud, 1981. Large quarto, publisher’s hardcover with illustrated dust jacket. A beautiful collaborative publication bringing together the greatest photographers of the Magnum agency around a single subject: Paris. The book features images by Robert Capa, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Werner Bischof, René Burri, Eve Arnold, Inge Morath, Marc Riboud, Josef Koudelka, Sergio Larraín, Elliott Erwitt, Bruce Davidson, Raymond Depardon, Gilles Peress, Guy Le Querrec, Martine Franck, Bruno Barbey, Jean Gaumy, Dennis Stock, and many other members of the agency. Rather than a simple illustrated guide, it is a multifaceted portrait of the capital, blending street scenes, everyday life, architecture, cafés, gardens, and major events, revealing as many perspectives as there are interpretations of the city. Published to mark Magnum’s thirtieth anniversary, this volume is one of the most representative anthologies of the agency’s stylistic richness and remains an excellent introduction to its humanistic and documentary approach. Condition: illustrated dust jacket showing some scuffing and slight signs of wear on the top and bottom edges and corners; interior in very fresh condition, complete.