(Jonas Bendiksen - Ltd Ed) Contact Sheets

Bendiksen, Jonas

Code: 3141

Publisher: Thames and Hudson

New Hardcover

Price: £275

Out of stock

This special edition consists of a clothbound copy of Magnum Contact Sheets packaged in a presentation case, also containing one 16" x 12" contact sheet of Jonas Bendiksen shots from the Satelites series , with each contact sheet printed in editions of 50. Each contact sheet is numbered, embossed with ?Magnum Photos Collection? on the white border, and hand-stamped with the photographer's copyright on the verso. All contact sheets have been produced at Magnum's own print room as archival Gicl?e prints and to Magnum?s exacting standards. Presenting a remarkable selection of contact sheets and related material, Magnum Contact Sheets lays bare the creative methods, strategies and editing processes behind some of the world's most iconic images - was the final image a set-up, or a serendipitous encounter; did the photographer work to extract the potential from a situation, or was it the fabled 'decisive moment' Published just as the shift to digital photography threatens to render the contact sheet obsolete, this landmark book celebrates the sheet as artifact, as personal and historic record, as editing tool, and as a fascinating way of accompanying great photographers as they work towards, and capture, the most enduring images of our time. 139 contact sheets, containing over 3,600 frames, representing 69 photographers, are featured, as well as zoom-in details, selected photographs, press cards, notebooks and spreads from contemporary publications, including Life magazine and Picture Post. Insight into each contact sheet is provided in texts written by the photographers themselves or by experts chosen by members' estates. Many acknowledged greats of photography are here, such as Henri Cartier-Bresson, Elliott Erwitt and Inge Morath, as well as Magnum?s latest generation, Jonas Bendiksen, Alessandra Sanguinetti and Alec Soth among them. These photographers cover over seventy years of history, from the Normandy landings by Robert Capa, the Paris riots of 1968 by Bruno Barbey and war in Chechnya by Thomas Dworzak to images of Che Guevara by Ren? Burri, Malcolm X by Eve Arnold and classic New Yorkers by Bruce Gilden. Contents include: 139 contact sheets by 69 photographers from Magnum Photos, plus selected details and ancillary visual material 435 illustrations, including over 200 prints, 60 contextual images and 40 contact-sheet enlargements, encompassing black-and-white, colour, standard 35mm, large-format and panoramic photography. Texts include commentaries by Magnum photographers and specially commissioned authors. 508 pages: Page size: 342 X 280 mm (13 1/2 X 11 inches). Printing specification: five colours throughout plus spot varnish on all photographs. Paper stock: 150gsm matt art. Kristen Lubben is Associate Curator at the International Center of Photography in New York. Her previous books include Susan Meiselas: In History and Amelia Earhart: Image and Icon.