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Joanna Cresswell traces the heart wrenching story behind Bruce Davidson’s seminal early Magnum work

‘In photography, I have found a language that suits me,’ Martine Franck once said. The late documentary and portrait photographer is the subject of a retrospective at the Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson’s new Paris home in Le Marais

A ten year old South Vietnamese child soldier, “called a ‘little tiger’ for killing two ‘Vietcong women cadre’ - his mother and teacher, it was rumored."

Glasgow, Scotland. 1980. - Signed Fine Print by Raymond Depardon – Magnum Photos

Sergio Larrain. #London, Albert Hall. Chelsea Art Ball. 1958-1959.

Prado Museum, Madrid, Spain. 1995.

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Magnum Photos has visually documented most of the world's major events and personalities since the 1930s covering society, politics, events and conflict.

The Amazon River (1966) by Magnum Photos photographer Bruno Barbey. A playful picture of a group of children jumping into the Amazon River in Brazil, a country that Barbey repeatedly returned to. See more iconic photographs from Barbey's trips to Brazil by clicking on the above link.

Josef Koudelka turned full-time to photography in 1967. The following year, he documented the Soviet invasion of Prague. He joined Magnum in 1970.

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“This photograph could be the opening line of a joke: ‘So, a girl rides up to a bar on a horse...’” says Joel Meyerowitz. “But really what happened was that I was there getting some ice cream for my kids when this girl rode up to the window on her horse and ordered two lobster rolls and some fries; as soon as I saw the girl, the horse, and the ice cream sign, I saw the photograph.”

Steve McCurry has been one of the most iconic voices in contemporary photography for 40 years. He is a correspondent for Magnum Photos.