Magnum Photos

Temporary - Magnum Photos: Re-presenting the Archive 

The aim of this investigation is to explore the work that images do in culture, in relation to race and colonial African histories.

From 1947 to present day Magnum photographers have been at the forefront of photographic documentation, as the western media environment developed[MS1] . The agency formed at the end of WWII, a time that was marked by the ravages of the war, shifts in global power, and the beginning of the end of old imperial regimes of power.

Here, the Magnum archive is used as a site of critical enquiry concerning the photographic making of Africa through western journalistic... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1943

11 novembre 1943.
Défilé des Forces Françaises Libres ralliées... 

George Rodger 1948

SOUTH AFRICA. Standerton Elections. Political posters. The Verenigde... 

George Rodger 1948

General Jan SMUTS (SA) campaigning and talking with supporters.... 

George Rodger 1948

General Jan SMUTS (SA) arrives at political rally. 1948. 

George Rodger 1948

SOUTH AFRICA. Basutoland (Lesotho) Elderly Basuto who remembered... 

George Rodger 1948

SOUTH AFRICA. Field Marshall Jan Smuts, (African Boer general... 

George Rodger 1948

SOUTH AFRICA. Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa, General... 

George Rodger 1948

South Africa. Pretoria. Daniel François Malan leader of the Nationalist... 

George Rodger 1948

SOUTH AFRICA. South African Elections. People of Sanderton at... 

David Seymour 1956

EGYPT. Inhabitants in the wreckage of Port Said after the Franco... 

David Seymour 1956

El Gamil airfield, Egyptian prisoners of war being held in a... 

David Seymour 1956

EGYPT. A woman in the ruins of Port Said after its destruction... 

David Seymour 1956

EGYPT. 1956. French colonials. 

Nicolas Tikhomiroff 1957

GHANA. 1957.
Accra. The Duchess of Kent arriving for Independence... 

Nicolas Tikhomiroff 1957

GHANA. 1957. 

George Rodger 1954

KENYA. Mau Mau. Waruhiu Itote 'General China' trial. Nyeri. 1954.... 

George Rodger 1954

KENYA. 1954. 'General China' Trial. Nyeri. The trial of Mau Mau... 

George Rodger 1954

KENYA. Mau Mau. 1954. Waruhiu Itote 'General China' trial. Nyeri.... 

George Rodger 1954

KENYA. Nairobi. Mau Mau suspects being held. 1954. 

George Rodger 1954

KENYA. Mau Mau. C.I.D inspectors demonstrate the use of the Mau... 

George Rodger 1954

KENYA. Sir Evelyn Baring, Governor of Kenya. 1954. 

George Rodger 1954

KENYA. Mau Mau fighter Waruhiu Itote 'General China' leaves the... 

George Rodger 1954

KENYA. Mau Mau. Bahati. Nairobi. Housing over 200,000 people... 

George Rodger 1954

KENYA. Mau Mau. Karatina. Prisoner caught by British and loyal... 

George Rodger 1954

KENYA. 1954. 
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Marilyn Silverstone 1960

Patrice LUMUMBA with his son Roland. 

Marilyn Silverstone 1960

CONGO. Leopoldville. The first prime minister of the Democratic... 

Marilyn Silverstone 1960

Monument to Sir Henry Morton STANLEY (1841-1904) the British... 

Marilyn Silverstone 1960

A Baluba tribesman being beaten to death by Luluas. 

Marilyn Silverstone 1960

Colonel Joseph MOBUTU in his office. 

Marilyn Silverstone 1960

BELGIAN CONGO. Leopoldville. 1960.
Colonel Joseph MOBUTU in his... 

Marilyn Silverstone 1960

Colonel Joseph MOBUTU in his office. 

Marilyn Silverstone 1960

Colonel Joseph MOBUTU in his office. 

Bruno Barbey 1969

ALGERIA. Algiers. Pan-African Festival. 1969. American leader... 

Bruno Barbey 1969

ALGERIA. Algiers. Pan-African Festival. 1969. American leader... 

Bruno Barbey 1969

ALGERIA. Algiers. Pan-African Festival. 1969. American leader... 

Bruno Barbey 1969

ALGERIA. Algiers. Pan-African Festival. 1969. American leader... 

Bruno Barbey 1969

ALGERIA. Algiers. Pan-African Festival. 1969. American leader... 

Bruno Barbey 1969

ALGERIA. Algiers. Pan-African Festival. 1969. American leader... 

Bruno Barbey 1969

ALGERIA. Algiers. Pan-African Festival. 1969. American leader... 

Bruno Barbey 1969

ALGERIA. Algiers. Pan- African Festival. Delegation of Guinea.... 

Bruno Barbey 1969

ALGERIA. Algiers. Pan-African Festival. Elridge CLEAVER, American... 

Bruno Barbey 1969

ALGERIA. Algiers. Pan-African Festival. Elridge CLEAVER, American... 

Bruno Barbey 1969

ALGERIA. Algiers. Pan-African Festival. French photographer Marc... 

Bruno Barbey 1969

ALGERIA. Algiers. Pan-African Festival. Elridge CLEAVER, American... 

Bruno Barbey 1969

ALGERIA. Algiers. Pan-African Festival. Elridge CLEAVER, American... 

Bruno Barbey 1969

ALGERIA. Algiers. Pan-African Festival. A poster of Elridge CLEAVER,... 

Bruno Barbey 1969

ALGERIA. Algiers. Left: French photographer Marc RIBOUD with... 

Bruno Barbey 1969

ALGERIA. Algiers. Elbridge CLEAVER, leader of Black Panthers... 

Bruno Barbey 1969

ALGERIA. Algiers. The "Casbah". 1969. 

Bruno Barbey 1969

ALGERIA. Algiers. American photographer and film director William... 

Bruno Barbey 1969

ALGERIA. Algiers. Pan-African Festival. Guinean delegation. 1969.... 

Bruno Barbey 1969

ALGERIA. Algiers. Pan African festival. Guinean delegation. 1969.... 

Bruno Barbey 1969

ALGERIA. Algiers. Pan African festival. Guinean delegation. 1969.... 

Bruno Barbey 1969

ALGERIA. Algiers. Pan African festival. Guinean delegation. 1969.... 

Bruno Barbey 1969

ALGERIA. Algiers. Pan African festival. 1969. 

Bruno Barbey 1969

ALGERIA. Algiers. 1969. 

Bruno Barbey 1969

ALGERIA. Algiers. The "Casba". 1969. 

Bruno Barbey 1969

ALGERIA. Algiers. 1969. 

Bruno Barbey 1969

ALGERIA. Algiers. Palestinian delegation during a Press Conference.... 
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