"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." – Henri Cartier-Bresson

Magnum Photos is a photographic co-operative of great diversity and distinction owned by its photographer-members. With powerful individual vision, Magnum photographers chronicle the world and interpret its peoples, events, issues and personalities. Through its three editorial offices in New York, London, and Paris, and a network of sub-agents, Magnum Photos provides photographs to the press, publishers, advertising, television, galleries and museums across the world.The archive contains work from the mid 1930's, prior to the founding of Magnum in 1947, to the present day.

Among the many legendary artists who make up the Magnum roster are Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Capa, Eve Arnold, Leonard Freed, Dennis Stock, Elliott Erwitt,  Susan Meiselas, Bruce Gilden and Paolo Pellegrin

The Magnum Photos archive is available for licensing for your editorial, publishing, advertising and cultural projects. All of our work is copyrighted by the photographers themselves, and we work to insure the artistic integrity of our artists in order to guarantee the imprimatur of distinction to your projects.