Magnum Contact Sheets

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I think contact sheets allow the viewer to get more inside the head of the photographer and they provide so much more context to a moment.

Imagine my confusion as I picked up the package from my doorstep, wondering what on earth could be inside such a heavy box. Contacts sheets are usually exposed at minimum time for maximum black and so become a great instructional tool for the first enlargement.If the photographer is self-critical, he can attempt to analyze the reasons for the gap between expectation and actuality … Ruthless examination of the contact sheet, whether one’s own or another’s, is one of the best teaching methods. But while the utility value of the contact sheet has faded with changing technologies, the insight it can provide into a photographer’s process is something timeless, something relevant to the medium of seeing and decision-making no matter the tools du jour. I'm an amateur photographer who likes making images with pinhole cameras, smartphones and everything in between.

Every once in a while a book comes along that makes you stop, look and listen, Magnum Contact Sheets is such a book .Fascinating content with the contact sheet,chosen frame,that frame full size and a small piece about why the frame was chosen.

Depending on the book, I will usually put markers in, perhaps in pencil or, in the case of glossy pages like this, little post-it markers. This is the compact edition of the definitive volume on how iconic images by Magnum photographers are made. A huge undertaking, well produced this tremendous book shows how defining moments are captured and made iconic.Książka jest duża, a została zapakowana w liche pudełko, które łatwo zostało uszkodzone, oraz wypełnienie kawałkiem papieru. Kirsten Lubben sets the context and relevance of Photographers Contact sheets in an insightful and very well written introduction. You'll flip the pages and read the details and you will "get it" and be happy you digested this brick of a book.

I also remember that I didn’t want to intrude too much, but at the same time I felt this obligation to shoot, to document. An unauthorized biography of the agency, it will open your eyes to the personalities behind the iconic images.In this way, my ‘channel-surfing’ approach finds unexpected and unintended connections and contradictions. this book lays bare the creative methods, strategies and editing processes behind some of the world's most iconic images. This books allows us to see the mixture of talent, chance, watchfulness and diligence behind each successful picture. This book is a fantastic look into the world of some of the most incredible photographers there has ever been - some of the most amazing photographs ever taken, a true insight into the photographers' processes of creating an image, set-aside the wonderful, and sometimes touching, stories behind the photos themselves. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.