I’m currently reading Magnum Landscape.
It’s not your typical book of landscapes. For starters it’s a relatively small book measuring 8.3 x 5.8 inches (21 x 14.7 centimeters) in the paperback version.
More to the point, though, don’t expect a book filled with beautiful and pristine natural landscapes from around the world. Instead this book approaches the idea of landscapes with endless variations on the theme.
It features landscapes of war, of agriculture, of industry of cities and motorways, of desolation, celebration and tranquility.
Many of us associate the word landscape with beautiful and pristine natural landscapes. The photographs in this book invite us to rediscover the landscape as seen through the viewfinders of Magnum photographers over 50 years.
It’s a really terrific read which I can highly recommend. It includes photographs of the landscape by photographers such as Henri Cartier-Bresson, Ernst Haas, Martin Parr, Elliott Erwitt, Josef Koudelka, Bruce Davidson and many more Magnum photographers.
Magnum Landscape will urge you to think more profoundly about the landscape and how to photograph it.
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Sat, Nov 14, 2009
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