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Dear Friends and Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce that the Magnum Photos collection
is now available in ARTstor. This first launch of more than 73,000 high-quality
photographs of major world events and personalities provides the academic
community with access to a selection of Magnum's iconic images. The ARTstor and
Magnum Photos collaboration will showcase a total of 80,000 images by this
world-renowned group of documentary photographers.
This collection relates to courses of study across the arts,
humanities, social sciences, and beyond. The ARTstor community will now be able
to access high-quality photographs from around the world, covering industry,
society and people, places of interest, politics, news events, disasters and
conflict, from the late 1930s to the present day. From the Spanish Civil War to
the Gulf War, from Marilyn Monroe to Paul Newman, from John Updike to Toni
Morrison, from Christian Dior to Oscar de la Renta, from the fall of the Berlin
Wall to the crisis in Chechnya, these images capture wars, celebrities,
authors, fashion designers, and defining moments in our shared history.
Magnum Photos International, Inc., is a cooperative founded
just after World War II and owned today by its 80 prominent photographers,
including Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Capa, Eve Arnold, Elliott Erwitt, Josef
Koudelka, Rene Burri, Hiroji Kubota, Susan Meiselas, Martin Parr, Alex Webb and
dozens of others. Magnum was created from the belief that photographers must
have a point of view in their imagery that transcends any formulaic recording
of contemporary events. "Magnum is a community of thought, a shared human
quality, a curiosity about what is going on in the world, a respect for what is
going on, and a desire to transcribe it visually," said Henri
Cartier-Bresson.
The Magnum Photos collection brings the total number of
images in ARTstor to more than 930,000. These collections have been contributed
by a variety of outstanding scholars, photographers, artists, museums,
libraries, and photo archives. To learn more about this new collection go to
our homepage and also browse the Magnum Photos collection in ARTstor: http://www.artstor.org/index.shtml
We hope to see you at the College Art Association conference
in Los Angeles next week.
Best wishes,
Christine
Christine Kuan
Director of Collection Development
ARTstor
151 East 61st Street
New York, NY 10065
212.500.2405 tel
212.500.2418 fax