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Central African Republic. February 2007. Anti-government rebels living in the bush. Same area as makeshift camps for displaced civilians, suspected of harboring or sympathizing with the rebels, who fled after their villages were torched by government forces. Thomas Dworzak/Magnum Photos
In the 1983 movie "Under Fire," an American weekly news magazine publishes a photo of an African conflict with the headline "The Forgotten War." In response, the writer jokes to the photographer that the headline is a way for the editors back home to feel less guilty about not knowing about the war themselves.
With neighbors such as Chad, Sudan and the DRC, the tiny Central African Republic has not received intense media coverage, as Thomas Dworzak commented on his return from the country.
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Documenting the conditions of detention centers is not a novel preoccupation of Magnum photographers, nor is reflecting on the philosophy versus the reality of incarceration. Donovan Wylie, Chien Chi Chang, Carl de Keyzer, Alex Majoli and Jean Gaumy have all produced books related to this topic.
Tearsheet from Donovan Wylie's 2004 book 'The Maze.'
For nearly 30 years, the Maze prison, ten miles outside Belfast, played a unique role in the Northern Ireland troubles. Built in 1976, it became a microcosm of the struggle between loyalists and republicans, with prisoners segregated in the infamous H-Blocks according to their political beliefs and membership of paramilitary organizations. It was the scene of violent protests, hunger strikes, mass escapes and deaths of both prisoners and prison staff.
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The deadline for the 5th Magnum Photos Inge Morath Award is May 15. The $5000 prize is given to a woman photographer under thirty years of age to assist in the completion of a long term documentary project
England. 1963. Eve Arnold on the set of Becket. Photo: Robert Penn.
Today, on International Women's Day, we turn a complicated and multi-faceted topic over to the Magnum Blog's readers to discuss. Click on the post's title to comment.
What has been the greatest female contribution to photography?
View the Magnum In Motion multimedia essay Women’s Day with photographs by Eve Arnold, Martine Frank, Inge Morath, Susan Meiselas, Lise Sarfati and Marilyn Silverstone, produced by Tia Dunn.
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There are almost 60 links to articles about photography and photojournalism on the Magnum Blog's links page. If you'd like to see other articles included, email blog@magnumphotos.com
New York City. 1962. Bruce Davidson/Magnum Photos
The above photograph is part of a current Bruce Davidson exhibition at the Henri Cartier-Bresson Foundation in Paris. The International Herald Tribune published an interview with Davidson in February.
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Magnum New York's Vice President Larry Towell spent last week working with the NY office and gave staff and interns the opportunity to show him their work. Photo by James Wendell.
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Last week, Martin Parr wrote about the hostility he encountered when photographing in Brazil in his post "Who's the lucky one?" Many of our readers left comments, including one referencing a legal case in Quebec which concerns the right to publish photographs without a subject's consent.
Street photography is part of Magnum's heritage. This example, by Thomas Dworzak, was taken at Ground Zero in New York in 2004.
Julie Gauthier, who left the comment on Martin Parr's post, wrote that if people stopped photographing on the street, there would only be left "a faked portrait of my generation."
The core issue in Aubry v. Vice Versa was the right of a photographed subject to control how he or she is represented. The case went on for years until the Quebec Supreme Court ruled in favor of the portrayed subject, in essence indicating that it is illegal to publish a photograph of someone without written consent. These laws differ from country to country.
It's an old case, concluded in 1998, but for anyone interested in street photography, the debate it provoked is still pertinent. For Canadian photographers reading this, what's happened since then? Please add comments at the end of this post.
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Dear colleagues and friends,
Magnum Photos is delighted to introduce the Magnum Blog, an online forum for discussing photography and photojournalism. The blog is a new medium for us to illuminate the stories behind the images, to explore the motivations behind the projects, to discuss the systematic issues that affect all photographers, and to explore the industrial and societal changes that inform our expectations of photography.
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