The Decisive Network: Magnum Photos and the Postwar Image Market
Author:   Nadya Bair
Publisher:   University of California Press
ISBN:  

9780520300354


Pages:   336
Publication Date:   07 July 2020
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Nadya Bair
Publisher:   University of California Press
Imprint:   University of California Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   1.043kg
ISBN:  

9780520300354


ISBN 10:   0520300351
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   07 July 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction 1. Photo Agencies and the Magnum Model  2. Human-Interest Stories from the Postwar World  3. Freelancing for Life  4. Traveling for Holiday  5. Shooting for Corporations  6. Magnum Systems, Magnum Mythologies  Conclusion: The Magnum Archive  Acknowledgments  Notes  Bibliography  Index

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In this impressively researched study of the early decades of Magnum, Nadya Bair uncovers the complex interactions of artistic ambition and business acumen that somehow produced a kind of order out of chaos. . . . An important contribution to the growing reassessment of photographic history. * Inside Story * Ms. Bair's book excels at revealing Magnum's secret history as a supplier for companies eager to appropriate Magnum's empathetic point of view. * Wall Street Journal *


Ms. Bair's book excels at revealing Magnum's secret history as a supplier for companies eager to appropriate Magnum's empathetic point of view. * Wall Street Journal *


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Nadya Bair is a Getty/ACLS Postdoctoral Fellow in the History of Art.

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