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Magnum’s Magna Brava Book: Marilyn Silverstone’s Collection

A collection of photographs by Marilyn Silverstone from India, Tibet and Pakistan that help form 'Magna Brava', a publication presenting the work of five influentual women Magnum photographers

Marilyn Silverstone

Marilyn Silverstone Villagers looking at slides of themselves, Yumthang, India. 1971. © Marilyn Silverstone | Magnum Photos
Marilyn Silverstone Emaciated children with their mothers in a tented field hospital, where most refugees are Hindus from small villages. Haringata Camp, India. 1971. © Marilyn Silverstone | Magnum Photos
Marilyn Silverstone The opening parade with Sadhus (Holy men) following the elephant parade. Allahabad, India. 1960. © Marilyn Silverstone | Magnum Photos
Marilyn Silverstone Sikkim, Chogyal, Palden, Thondup, Namgyal and family pose for portrait. Gangtok, India. 1969. © Marilyn Silverstone | Magnum Photos
Marilyn Silverstone Tibetan refugee children in a camp, wave their wooden writing slates. Leh, India. 1969. © Marilyn Silverstone | Magnum Photos
Marilyn Silverstone Hospital of the Haringata Refugee Camp where all refugees are Hindus. India. 1971. © Marilyn Silverstone | Magnum Photos
Marilyn Silverstone A 45 year old man dying from hunger during famine. India. 1967. © Marilyn Silverstone | Magnum Photos
Marilyn Silverstone The rocky wilderness in the heart of the drought area where roughly 400 old men and women sit in the hot afternoon sun breaking rocks. Near Tumgoan, India. 1966. © Marilyn Silverstone | Magnum Photos
Marilyn Silverstone His Holiness Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche at Thubten Choling Monastery, with Trulshik Rinpoche. Nepal. March, 1977. © Marilyn Silverstone | Magnum Photos
Marilyn Silverstone The 87 year old Lingdok Gomchen is a celibate gelong and for the past 27 years has lived in a meditation cottage on a forested hilltop near Taktse where his companions are a fiercely devoted gelong (...)
Marilyn Silverstone Mother Teresa, with Indira Gandhi in background. Delhi, India. 1972. © Marilyn Silverstone | Magnum Photos
Marilyn Silverstone The Maharaja Sawai Singh of Jaipur, leading an escort of fellow Maharajas at the marriage of his son. India. March 11, 1966. © Marilyn Silverstone | Magnum Photos
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