A portrait of Stanley Kubrick as a young photographer: A different lens

A portrait of Stanley Kubrick as a young photographer: A different lens

A new book and exhibition, Through a Different Lens, celebrates the legendary filmmaker’s forgotten early beginnings as a photographer, bringing together rarely seen imagery from film sets, boxing rings and the streets of New York. Stanley Kubrick was just 17 years old when he became a staff photographer for Look, one of the biggest large format […]

The Photography of Ludwig Wittgenstein

The Photography of Ludwig Wittgenstein

Philosophers have often ruminated on the aesthetics of photography. Roland Barthes’ Camera Lucida begins with a poignant memorialization of his mother, as remembered through her photograph. Pierre Bourdieu’s Photography: A Middle-Brow Art wondered why and how the medium became so widespread that “there are few households, at least in towns, which do not possess a camera.” And […]

The American Desert: an Elegy to Friendship

The American Desert: an Elegy to Friendship

America’s open roads have inspired countless artists and writers, the expansive landscapes, the empty highways, roadside attractions, pit stops, the passing ghost towns, as significant, if not more so, than the eventual destination. This summer on Magnum Photos, we explore the American road trips made by Magnum photographers in order to understand why the idea of […]