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Contact sheets are the first overview for the photographer of what he has captured on film. They give a unique and intimate view of the style, methods and thoughts of the artist.
Cartier-Bresson himself, founder of the Magnum Photo agency, was strongly opposing the disclosure of his contact sheets and yet the choice of that picture is the point of contact between the photographer's life, thoughts, philosophy and the subject he portrays.
What is the story behind the most famous iconic photos
from around the world? A unique and fascinating journey into the forbidden city of the contact sheets of the world renowned photographers from Magnum, the legendary agency founded in 1947.
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A lonely man facing Chinese tanks on Tiananmen Square is often described as the most famous photo of the 20th century. Stuart Franklin led us to the 5th of June 1989, when the unknown rioter faced the regime. Joining Magnum Photos in 1985, Stuart Franklin became a full member in 1989. In the same year, Franklin photographed the uprising in Tiananmen Square and shot one of the Tank Man photographs, first published in TIME Magazine, as well as widely documenting the uprising in Beijing earning him a World Press Photo Award. In fact, joining Magnum Photo was an obvious choice for Franklin, because of the photographer's right to ownership of his work, but also because of the critical spirit at the center of the famous photo agency's editorial line. The Magnum photographer studied at Oxford at the Faculty of Photography.
During the interview, Franklin explains us how he photographied this famous and tragic photography of this courageous man facing the tanks, symbol of the violent repression of the Chinese government.
After covering the Tiananmen Square protests, Stuart Franklin has continued to catch the conflicts of the world, like the famine, war or ecological issue. His work shows his ethic, and personal vision, which pushes him to have a better theoretical understanding of global issues. For him phtography is way to grasp a reality, a given moment and to question it. In this sense, his recent work focuses on the environment and climate change. Through landscape photographs, Franklin questions mankind and his ability to determine the future of the planet.
His work has been published by numerous global publications including National Geographic, The Guardian, The Sunday Times and Harper’s Magazine.
Original title: Contact - Tiananmen Square by Stuart Franklin
2014 © Licensed by First Hand Films
#China #photography #history
Contact sheets are the first overview for the photographer of what he has captured on film. They give a unique and intimate view of the style, methods and thoughts of the artist.
Cartier-Bresson himself, founder of the Magnum Photo agency, was strongly opposing the disclosure of his contact sheets and yet the choice of that picture is the point of contact between the photographer's life, thoughts, philosophy and the subject he portrays.
What is the story behind the most famous iconic photos
from around the world? A unique and fascinating journey into the forbidden city of the contact sheets of the world renowned photographers from Magnum, the legendary agency founded in 1947.
Subscribe to wocomoCULTURE: goo.gl/VITuUt
Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/wocomo
A lonely man facing Chinese tanks on Tiananmen Square is often described as the most famous photo of the 20th century. Stuart Franklin led us to the 5th of June 1989, when the unknown rioter faced the regime. Joining Magnum Photos in 1985, Stuart Franklin became a full member in 1989. In the same year, Franklin photographed the uprising in Tiananmen Square and shot one of the Tank Man photographs, first published in TIME Magazine, as well as widely documenting the uprising in Beijing earning him a World Press Photo Award. In fact, joining Magnum Photo was an obvious choice for Franklin, because of the photographer's right to ownership of his work, but also because of the critical spirit at the center of the famous photo agency's editorial line. The Magnum photographer studied at Oxford at the Faculty of Photography.
During the interview, Franklin explains us how he photographied this famous and tragic photography of this courageous man facing the tanks, symbol of the violent repression of the Chinese government.
After covering the Tiananmen Square protests, Stuart Franklin has continued to catch the conflicts of the world, like the famine, war or ecological issue. His work shows his ethic, and personal vision, which pushes him to have a better theoretical understanding of global issues. For him phtography is way to grasp a reality, a given moment and to question it. In this sense, his recent work focuses on the environment and climate change. Through landscape photographs, Franklin questions mankind and his ability to determine the future of the planet.
His work has been published by numerous global publications including National Geographic, The Guardian, The Sunday Times and Harper’s Magazine.
Original title: Contact - Tiananmen Square by Stuart Franklin
2014 © Licensed by First Hand Films
#China #photography #history
