Magnum Photos: Cinema
“[A] cine-voyager’s dream, a collection of more than 200 photos of stars, directors and sets from the 1940s through the 1990s.”
— Molly Woulfe, NWI Times
“One stunning image after another will confound film aficionados, revealing a seldom seen side of Hollywood.”
— Mary Tutwiler, Independent Weekly
For over 50 years, the renowned photographers of Magnum—Robert Capa, Bruce Davidson, Eve Arnold, and many others—have been chronicling the world of film. For this exhibition, the photo artists sorted through their private archives and pulled out more than 5,000 photographs, many of them previously unpublished. The final selection of 206 color and black-and-white photographs bears the inimitable Magnum stamp and explores the fascinating symbiosis shared by the intimate world of photographers and the star-powered realms of cinema.
Elaborately posed or shockingly candid, these stunning large-scale photographs cover an enormous range of style and content, from puckishly staged portraits of Alfred Hitchcock and Brigitte Bardot to extraordinary—and often haunting—behind-the-scenes shots of Marilyn Monroe, Grace Kelly, Clark Gable, Cate Blanchett, James Dean, and many more.
This exhibition was organized by Magnum Photos—a photographic co-operative of great diversity and distinction that is owned by its photographer-members—in cooperation with International Arts & Artists.
Acadiana Center for the Arts, Lafayette, LA
November 11 – September 22, 2007
1911 Historic City Hall Arts & Cultural Center, Lake Charles, LA
August 8 – October 25, 2008
South Shore Arts, Munster, IN
November 12, 2008 – February 1, 2009
Candid Camera
American Press, by Victoria Ellender, August 8, 2008
Film expert to speak before two screenings
American Press, September 19, 2008
Iconic Imagery
The Times of Northwest Indiana, by Molly Woulfe, November 7, 2008