Magnum Photos

Exhibition - Opening Night 

Magnum Photographers 

Magnum Gallery, Paris
12 September - 26 October, 2013



The theme ‘Night’ plays a central role in the history of photography. Images of a perceptual experience, or that of a documentary or fictitious narrative, they summon our imagination and transform our notion of the world from one of routine certainty to one of mysterious unknowing.
The evocation of the night in the works presented, lies not simply in its temporality nor in the introduction of an atmosphere. It is also a pretext to work with its materiality, giving importance to these ranges of black or dark tones in the image. Black is... 

Rene Burri 1965

USA. New York City. 

Rene Burri 1965

USA. New York City. 

Rene Burri 1965

During a power shortage in Manhattan.

Rene Burri 1965

USA. New York City. 

Rene Burri 1965

USA. New York City. 1965. Blackout. 

Rene Burri 1965

USA. New York City. 

Rene Burri 1965

USA. New York City. 

Rene Burri 1965

USA. New York City. 

Rene Burri 1965

USA. New York City. 

Rene Burri 1965

USA. New York City. 

Rene Burri 1965

USA. New York City. 

Rene Burri 1965

USA. New York City. 

Rene Burri 1965

USA. New York City. 

Rene Burri 1965

USA. New York City. 

Rene Burri 1965

USA. New York City. 

Rene Burri 1965

USA. NYC. Northeast Blackout. November 9th 1965. 

Rene Burri 1965

USA. New York City. 

Rene Burri 1965

USA. New York City. 

Rene Burri 1965

USA. New York City. 

Rene Burri 1965

USA. New York City. 

Rene Burri 1965

USA. New York City. 

Rene Burri 1965

USA. New York City. 1965. Blackout. 

Rene Burri 1965

USA. New York City. 1965. Blackout. 

Rene Burri 1965

USA. New York City. 

Martin Parr 1975

GB. England. Halifax. People's Park. From 'Bad Weather'. January... 

Martin Parr 1975

GB. England. Bournemouth. From 'Bad Weather'. November. 1978.... 

Patrick Zachmann 2005

CHINE. Guangzhou. Canton. 2005. 

Patrick Zachmann 2005

FRANCE. Paris. 12th arrondissement. 2005. 

Patrick Zachmann 2005

POLAND. Royal Castle in the old town of Warsaw. 

Patrick Zachmann 2003

GREECE. Athens. Wednesday, June 4, 4 a.m. Posidonos Avenue in... 

Jerome Sessini 2008

CUBA. La Havana. January 6, 2008.
Downtown Havana. Rationing... 
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Jerome Sessini 2008

CUBA. Santiago de Cuba. January 4, 2008.
Cuban interior. Fifty... 
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Jerome Sessini 2009

MEXICO. Ciudad Juarez. December 5, 2009. 
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Jerome Sessini 2009

MEXICO. Ciudad Juarez. November 30, 2009. 
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Alex Majoli 2012

Italy. Milan, 2012. Viale Ripamonti. 

Alex Majoli 2006

JAPAN. Tokyo. 2006. Meiji-Jingu Park.

Alex Majoli 2012

Italy. Milan, 2012. Chiaravalle. 
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