Photographers
Magnum Photos’ 70th birthday celebration programme
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Magnum Photos has announced the London public programme of its 70th anniversary events, which will take place across the capital from 8 to 21 May 2017. Celebrating the agency’s future and commemorating the institution’s significant legacy to both photography and history, Magnum Photos presents new and iconic work by established Magnum photographers.
The public season of events will be focused on Magnum’s three anniversary themes of community, witnessing history and Magnum Photos Now. The special anniversary programme will encourage people to get closer to the agency’s archival and contemporary work, highlighting the importance of the image in our changing world.
Programme highlights include Swap Shop, a free, mass participation project inspired by David Hurn’s Swaps exhibition, hosted at theprintspace; Magnum Photos Now, which is a series of debates that consider critical discourses around photography and reflect on a range of subjects; and Magnum 70 at 70, an exhibition of 70 pictorial and historical photographic icons, celebrating the diversity of the Magnum Photos agency and how its photographers have born witness to major events of the last 70 years. To check out the entire jam-packed programme, visit the Magnum Photos at 70 website.
