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Portfolio - Square Print Sale: The (More or Less) Decisive Moments - Exclusively Available 

A cultural, agency-wide project, explores the meaning of the decisive moment in classic and contemporary photographic practices within Magnum Photos and beyond. 

Olivia Arthur 2007

“I was on the beach in Iran and there was the most incredible... 

Micha Bar-Am 1989

(Levitation) at the Western Wall

“The Western Wall, also called... 

Elliott Erwitt 1946

“Confucius said, ‘Jumping on New York City rooftops and landing... 

Paul Fusco 1994

“When I take photographs it is like dancing with my subject:... 

Burt Glinn 1959

“Burt spent 18 hours with Sammy Davis Jr., before, during and... 

Jim Goldberg 2006

6PM, Kiev Ukraine, 2006 from the series Open See

“Wandering... 

Harry Gruyaert 1986

Erfoud, Morocco. 1986.

“When I arrived at the souk of Erfoud... 

David Hurn 1964

“There are two fundamental elements in all picture-taking: where... 

Constantine Manos 2003

“This picture was taken at a public stage on the boardwalk at... 

Peter Marlow 2000

“A family holiday taken on a whim. Montana, 2000. Peter had been... 

Wayne Miller 1958

“Photography is different from writing, in that you have to make... 

Inge Morath 1953

Pre^tre Ouvrier (worker priest) in Paris, France, 1953.

“As... 

Trent Parke 2014

From the series The Camera Is God.
Candid portrait of a man standing... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2011

“Few of my images fit with the common interpretation of the Cartier-Bresson... 

Alessandra Sanguinetti 2005

“I like to stay long enough in one place or situation to watch... 

Moises Saman 2015

“My definition of the decisive moment has evolved over the years.... 

Jerome Sessini 2008

“I took this picture a few hours after my arrival in La Havana.... 
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Jacob Aue Sobol 2012

“I arrive in Ulaanbaatar after four days on the Trans-Siberian... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1978

“This could be seen as a decisive moment in a couple of ways:... 

Mikhael Subotzky 2016

“I was fascinated by this encounter with the optometrist. At... 

Richard Kalvar 1976

“Who would have thought, as I was taking a few not very interesting... 

Christopher Anderson 2007

“I made this image on a hilltop near Bethlehem. It was a moment... 

Max Pinckers 2015

Police, from the series Two Kinds of Memory and Memory Itself,... 

Cornell Capa © International Center of Photography 1955

[Cheering the arrival of rebellious Argentine naval troops who... 

George Rodger 1954

“Emmanuel Rwahwire is the youngest member of the Mpango in Bunyoro... 

Leonard Freed 1967

“Leonard told me this story: In the mid 1970s when he was photographing... 

Dennis Stock 1961

Portrait of photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson, a founder member... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1948

Pablo Picasso playing in the water with his son Claude. Vallauris,... 

Thomas Hoepker 1966

“In 1966 I met Muhammad Ali for the third time. He was training... 
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