Magnum Generation(s)

Magnum Photos was founded in 1947, following the aftermath of World War II, as four intrepid photographers, their metal tested and forged in the horrors of its battles, forged another union of unprecedented agency.

On the 75th anniversary of its inception, this is the story of Magnum Photos legendary shooting stars.

Magnum represents some of the world’s most renowned photographers, maintaining its founding ideals and idiosyncratic mix of journalist, artist and storyteller.

At the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, as the shadow of fascism was spreading around the world, Robert Capa, David ‘Chim’ Seymour, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Gerda Taro, and George Rodger went into the field to witness events that would shake world history, sharing what they saw with those who could not be there, thereby defining the raison d’être of the photo reporter. They were courageous and devoted to each other in the heart of conflicts, where they would go to find and reveal the truth.