Ever since photography became mobile, photographers have been embarking on journeys of discovery to document foreign countries and cultures and their inhabitants. Photographers initially accompanied scientific expeditions. From the early 20th century onwards they travelled mainly on behalf of the international press, whose readers’ hunger for the new and the undiscovered was insatiable. These reportages were the result of either an assignment or the photographer’s own initiative. Travelling and photographically exploring the world are a tradition at Magnum as well. Shortly after the agency’s founding,...