Magnum Chronicles: A newspaper series.
Brief visual journeys through subjects of our times.

Magnum Photos have launched a newspaper series to provide a new vehicle for exploring key issues of modern times. The first issue, A Brief Visual History in the Time of ISIS, includes over 40 images from the Magnum archive, exploring the history and effects of the fall-out from ISIS and their actions over the recent past.

A Brief Visual History in the Time of ISIS is curated by Magnum photographer, Peter van Agtmael and includes an essay and timeline by Peter Harling, an expert on the Middle East, formerly of the International Crisis Group, and founder of Synaps. The work of nineteen photographers is included in this first newspaper, and the images range from those taken in the final years of the French mandate in Syria in 1941 to the fall of Mosul in 2017.

‘The Islamic State was long in the making. It is here to stay, if not in the Iraqi city of Mosul, then in people’s minds and our own memory. Under its current name or its next avatar, it likely will linger on in our lives like a trauma—a familiar fear, quick to surface, however deeply burrowed.’
-Peter Harling

‘The rise and seeming fall of the Islamic State is the most recent chapter in an era of unraveling in the Middle East. ISIS has captured the world’s attention in a way that decades of colonialism, authoritarianism and the external meddling from both regional and global powers have not. Without minimizing the impact of their crimes on millions of people, this work seeks to place ISIS in the context of the long view of history.’ -Peter van Agtmael

Magnum’s photographers are longstanding chroniclers of the world, and bring their voice and experience to wider public debates. Each Magnum Chronicles newspaper will be curated by a different Magnum photographer, showcasing the breadth and depth of Magnum’s archive, combining contemporary images with archival to offer a unique perspective and context on global social and political issues through to lighter subjects of general interest. The aim of Magnum Chronicles is to create a series of intelligent free democratic publications that inform, engage and entertain through the use of visual narratives. Each publication will also incorporate collaborations with experts and creatives across many disciplines and fields, and will be in several languages.

The newspaper will be distributed from a selection of cultural venues and bookshops across Europe and the USA. A list of the confirmed distributors will go live on the 13 April and can be found <a href='https://www.magnumphotos.com/newsroom/conflict/magnum-chronicles-brief-visual-history-in-the-time-of-isis' target='_blank'>here</a>. Further distributors will be announced in due course but those confirmed so far include:
Autograph ABP, London | Barbican talks, London | Claire de Rouen bookshop, London | Deichtor Halle Internationale Kunst und fotografie, Hamburg | Fotomuseum Winterthur Giftshop and Bookstore | Foyles Bookshop, London | Frontline Club and Restaurant, London | ICP Bookshop and Gallery, New York | Landesmuseum (National Museum) Giftshop and Bookshop, Zurich | Magnum Print Room, London | Magnum Print Room, Paris | Martin Parr Foundation, Bristol | Offprint Tate, London | Photobastei Zurich | Purlizer Centre, Washington DC | Stampa Gallery, Basel | The Photographers’ Gallery Cafe´, London | TJ Boulting, London | World Press Photo, Amsterdam

For further press information and images please contact
eleanormacnair@hotmail.com

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