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Exhibition - Engaged Observers: Documentary Photography since the Sixties 

Magnum Photographers 

J Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA
June 29–November 14, 2010

In the decades following World War II, an independently minded and critically engaged form of photography began to gather momentum. Since then a host of photographers have combined their skills as reporters and artists, developing extended photographic essays that delve deeply into humanistic topics and present distinct personal visions of the world. Embracing the gray areas between objectivity and subjectivity, information and interpretation, journalism and art, they have created powerful visual reports that transcend the realm of... 

Philip Jones Griffiths 1967

VIETNAM. This woman was tagged, probably by a sympathetic corpsman,... 

Philip Jones Griffiths 1970

VIETNAM. South Vietnam. 1970 

Philip Jones Griffiths 1970

VIETNAM. South Vietnam. 1970 

Philip Jones Griffiths 1970

VIETNAM. The parents of young children were rarely present in... 

Philip Jones Griffiths 1967

VIETNAM. 1967. U.S. Marine sharing cigarettes. In an attempt... 

Philip Jones Griffiths 1967

VIETNAM. South Vietnam. Danang. A U.S. Marine demonstrates how... 

Philip Jones Griffiths 1967

VIETNAM. 1967. Soldiers travelling by elephant (marked with flags... 

Philip Jones Griffiths 1967

VIETNAM. Quang Ngai. 1967 

Philip Jones Griffiths 1970

CAMBODIA. Prisoners of war were afforded very different treatment... 

Philip Jones Griffiths 1967

VIETNAM. South Vietnam. Song Tra. 1967 

Philip Jones Griffiths 1967

VIETNAM. Quang Ngai. This was a village a few miles from My Lai.... 

Philip Jones Griffiths 1967

VIETNAM. South Vietnam. Quin Hon. U.S. Soldiers with a group... 

Philip Jones Griffiths 1970

CAMBODIA. 1970. 

Philip Jones Griffiths 1967

VIETNAM. South Vietnam. Quin Hon. 1967 

Philip Jones Griffiths 1970

VIETNAM. South Vietnam. Saigon. 1970 

Philip Jones Griffiths 1967

VIETNAM. 1967 

Philip Jones Griffiths 1970

VIETNAM. Siagon. Salvades Bar. 1970 

Philip Jones Griffiths 1970

VIETNAM. Can Tho. 1970 

Philip Jones Griffiths 1970

VIETNAM. Nha Be. In a society where women are traditionally revered... 

Philip Jones Griffiths 1968

VIETNAM. The battle for Saigon. Refugee from US Bombing. 1968... 

Philip Jones Griffiths 1968

VIETNAM. The battle for Saigon. U.S. policy in Vietnam was based... 

Philip Jones Griffiths 1968

VIETNAM. The battle for Saigon. 1968 

Philip Jones Griffiths 1968

VIETNAM. The battle for Saigon. 1968 

Philip Jones Griffiths 1970

VIETNAM. South Vietnam. 1970 

Philip Jones Griffiths 1970

VIETNAM. South Vietnam. MACV headquaters, Tan Son Nhut Airport.... 

Philip Jones Griffiths 1971

VIETNAM. US Air Force. 1971 

Philip Jones Griffiths 1971

VIETNAM. US Air Force. 1971 

Philip Jones Griffiths 1967

VIETNAM. In Quang Ngai Province everything that moved was a target.... 

Philip Jones Griffiths 1970

VIETNAM. South Vietnam. Phu Me. As a Young child, this boy had... 

Philip Jones Griffiths 1968

VIETNAM. 1968. Hospital in South Vietnam. 

Philip Jones Griffiths 1967

VIETNAM. South Vietnam. Quang Ngai. 1967 

Philip Jones Griffiths 1967

VIETNAM. Older soldiers who missed their families befriended... 

Philip Jones Griffiths 1967

VIETNAM. Human skulls were a favorite souvenir among the soldiers... 

Larry Towell 1992

MEXICO. Chihuaha. Cuervo Casas Grandes. Mennonites. 1992. 

Larry Towell 1992

MEXICO. Chihuahua, 1992. Casas Grandes Colonies. Mennonites. 

Larry Towell 1999

MEXICO. 1999. Temporal Campeche. Mennonites. 1999. 

Larry Towell 1998

MEXICO. La Honda. Zacatecas. Mennonite home. 1998. 

Larry Towell 1994

MEXICO. Nuevo Ideal. Durango. Mennonites. Some of Bernardo SMYTH's... 

Larry Towell 1999

MEXICO. Chihuahua. 1999. Capulin Casas Grandes. Mennonites.... 

Larry Towell 1997

Chihuahua. 1997. Cuervo Casas Grandes Colonies. Mennonites.... 

Larry Towell 1996

MEXICO. 1996. Durango Colony. Durango. Mennonites. 

Larry Towell 1996

MEXICO. 1996. La Batea. Zacatecas. Mennonites. 

Larry Towell 1999

MEXICO. La Batea. 1999. Zacatecas. Mennonite. 

Larry Towell 1992

MEXICO. Mennonites in the Cuauhtémoc Colonies. 1992. 

Larry Towell 1996

CANADA. Ontario. 1996. Kent County. Mennonite. 

Larry Towell 1995

CANADA. Ontario. 1995. Haldimard-Norfolk County. Mennonites.... 

Larry Towell 1998

CANADA. Ontario. 1998. Elgin County. Mennonite. 

Larry Towell 1991

CANADA. Ontario. 1991. Kent County. 

Susan Meiselas 1978

NICARAGUA. Monimbo. July 5, 1978. Motorcycle brigade, followed... 

Susan Meiselas 1978

NICARAGUA. 1978. Traditional Indian dance mask from the town... 

Susan Meiselas 1978

NICARAGUA. June, 1978. Youths practice throwing contact bombs... 

Susan Meiselas 1981

NICARAGUA. Diriamba. June 1978. Marketplace. 

Susan Meiselas 1978

NICARAGUA. Masaya. September, 1978. Returning home.

Susan Meiselas 1979

NICARAGUA. Monimbo. 1979. Monimbo woman carrying her dead husband... 

Susan Meiselas 1978

NICARAGUA. Esteli. September 20, 1978. Fleeing the bombing to... 

Susan Meiselas 1979

NICARAGUA. Matagalpa. 1979. Sandinista barricade during last... 

Susan Meiselas 1981

NICARAGUA. Managua. June 1978. Car of a Somoza informer burning... 

Susan Meiselas 1978

NICARAGUA. August 26, 1978. First day of popular insurrection.... 

Susan Meiselas 1978

NICARAGUA. Matagalpa. 1978. Muchachos await the counterattack... 

Susan Meiselas 1979

NICARAGUA. Mayasa. 1979. Guard patrol beginning house-to-house... 
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