This Martin Parr retrospective is rich in the wit and colour that Parr's work is best known for, but also offers the first serious assessment of the career of this major contemporary photographer. Parr combines an urge to document with a bemusement about social behaviour. Author Val Williams, a distinguished writer and curator, considers his better known later work in the context of his full career and in so doing shows how Parr's photographs have highlighted political and social change over the last thirty years. While Parr began his career in Britain, he now has a large international following. This book offers the overview that many have eagerly awaited. It features fascinating previously unpublished early work, his startling and original 1974 installation Home Sweet Home, early black-and-white photographs of the people and places of Hebden Bridge in Yorkshire where he lived and worked in the 1970s, photographs from Ireland and Salford, and of course a selection of the very best images from all his published books including The Last Resort, The Cost of Living, Signs of the Times and Think of England (published by Phaidon). With unlimited access to Parr's archives and quoting from extensive interviews, Val Williams charts Parr's life and career, revealing insights into his influences and attitudes and assessing his importance within the worlds of art and photography.

Since its founding in 1947 by Robert Capa, Henri Cartier-Bresson, George Rodger, and David "Chim" Seymour, Magnum Photos, the legendary co-operative, has powerfully chronicled the peoples, cultures, events, and issues of the time. Magnum Magnum brings together the best work, celebrating the vision, imagination, and brilliance of Magnum photographers, both the acknowledged greats of photography in the twentieth century—among them Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Capa, Eve Arnold, Marc Riboud, and Werner Bischof—and the modern masters and rising stars of our time, such as Martin Parr, Susan Meiselas, Alec Soth, and Donovan Wylie. And it shows the work at a breathtaking scale: the vast page size of Magnum Magnum—12¾ by 15¾—gives the photos an impact never seen before in book form. Organized by photographer, the book harks back to the agency's early days and the spirit that made it such a unique and creative environment, one in which each of the four founding members picture-edited the others' photographs. Here a current Magnum photographer selects and critiques six key works by each of the sixty-nine featured photographers, with a commentary explaining the rationale behind the choice. This groundbreaking publication is at once a permanent record of iconic images from the last sixty years and an insight, as seen through the critical eyes and minds of Magnum photographers, into what makes a memorable photograph. This first edition of Magnum Magnum will become one of the great collectibles—an essential book for anyone interested in photography or the world depicted by it. 400+ photographs in color and duotone.

《玛格南》系中国国内第一次集中展现玛格南图片社摄影师作品的大型图文摄影集，相当数量的图片在中国尚未公开刊载。全书按照时间倒叙，分为四个主要部分：1990-2005、1970-1989、1960-1969、1930-1959，并为每个部分配有世界形势导读，让读者宛若走进时间倒流的机器，从2005年印度尼西亚的海啸，一直追溯到上个世纪30年代那战火纷飞的动荡岁月。同时，数篇海峡两岸摄影专家为本书专门撰写的内容翔实、观点深刻的评论文章，全面展现了华人摄影人心目中的“玛格南”。　　什么是“玛格南”？“玛格南”，在枪文化发达的美国，很多人都知道它是一种威力强大的左轮手枪子弹，0.50英寸的“玛格南”被认为是威力最强的手枪子弹。另外，“玛格南”在法语里还有“至高无上”“不可思议”的意思，也是一种香槟酒的名字。1947年成立的玛格南图片社是著名的新闻摄影图片社，过去50年多里，玛格南摄影师总能在关键时刻出现在重大事件的发生地。甘地遇刺与肯尼迪遇刺，惟一记录下全过程的都是玛格南的摄影师。玛格南摄影师让照片超越了单纯的新闻性，成为一种文化符号。关于玛格南图片社的名字，据说是创始人之一卡帕从香槟酒的名字得来的灵感。但近60年来，玛格南图片社对世界纪实新闻摄影事业的影响，以及记录历史、针砭时弊的作用，完全可以担当一种威力巨大、至高无上“子弹”的称号。

Here is the popular yet complete paperback edition of the hugely acclaimed Magnum Magnum, which was an instant sellout on first publication in 2007. It celebrates sixty years of the vision, imagination and brilliance of Magnum photographers in over 400 photographs by the acknowledged greats of photography in the 20th century and the rising stars of our time. Each photographer is represented by six of their works as chosen by, and including a critical text by, another member. Including biographies of the featured photographers, a history of Magnum Photos by Brigitte Lardinois and a bibliography of Magnum books, Magnum Magnum makes available to a wider audience one of the greatest photography anthologies of recent years an essential book for anyone interested in photography or the world depicted by it.

这本图册选取玛格南图片社以阅读为主题的历史图片百余幅，作为读库十周年特别纪念，与各位读友分享阅读之美。图片以时间排序，上限始于二战期间，下限终于二十世纪末。书中既有伦敦的流浪汉，又有巴黎的绅士，还有纽约的老者以及秘鲁的摊贩……虽然主人公种族、身份各异，可是我们可以看到共同的情感和气质流淌在全书之间。书为圆脊精装，内封用的是红色牛津纹纸，并配了外封保护。 本书由读库出品，购买链接：http://t.im/reading