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Deal or No Deal: The Brexit Conundrum
Mar 20, 2019
by Magnum Photographers
With the long-running Brexit saga struggling to find any consensus politically or the wider population, the polarisation of opinion in the UK is visualized at its height outside the Houses of Parliament. Remain and Leave supporters to gather daily in various forms of clothing and temperament in the hope of persuading the politicians (and the population passing by) that their opinion is the right one.... More...
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Migration in Niger
Mar 20, 2019
by Enri Canaj
"Niger is a key transit point for Sub-Saharian migration, and its central cities have been a common stopover for migrants and refugees passing through the country since a long time.
In many scenarios, the original plan for many migrants is to go to Europe and, for the ones that are not able to accomplish it, the journey ends in the city of Agadez, known as “ the desert entrance”. Since 2016, the road... More...
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The Sokol Rally
Mar 13, 2019
by Rafal Milach
Established in 1862, the Sokol (Falcon) gymnastic-cum-paramilitary organization created the foundations of contemporary concepts of the Czech nation. During the interwar years, the many thousands of synchronized displays given by the Sokol clubs came to symbolize the popularization of the nationalist ideology and the notion of society’s mental and physical renewal. The organization, which had sympathized... More...
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André Previn: 1929-2019
Mar 13, 2019
by Magnum Photographers
André Previn, the German American Academy Award-winning pianist, conductor, and composer has died aged 89. Magnum photographed André at home with his wife, the actress Mia Farrow, and his children.

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"Pot Luck" : Segregation in the US Military During WWII
Feb 26, 2019
by Wayne Miller
In 1942, as America mobilized for World War II, 24-year-old Wayne Miller joined the US Navy and was assigned to the Naval Aviation Photographic Unit, commanded by Edward Steichen. Over the next three years, Miller documented the Pacific War, from the lower decks of aircraft carriers to the skies above beach landings. He was one of the first photographers to visit Hiroshima after its destruction.

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Scene
Feb 26, 2019
by Alex Majoli
For eight years and across several continents, Alex Majoli has been photographing events and non-events. Political demonstrations, humanitarian emergencies, and quiet moments of everyday life. What holds all these images together is a sense of theatre. A sense that we are all actors, all playing the parts that history and circumstance demand of us. Majoli’s photographs result from his own performance.... More...
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On the Set of Alfonso Cuarón's "Roma"
Feb 26, 2019
by Chien-Chi Chang
Alfonso Cuarón has won a Best Director Academy Award for “Roma”, a semi-autobiographical film set in Mexico City during the early 1970s. In January, he won a Golden Globe Award, also for Best Director.
Cuarón established himself as a respected filmmaker with the release of “Y Tu Mamá Tabién” (2001) and gained great notoriety for “Children of Men” (2006) and “Gravity” (2013). He won a Best Director... More...
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