The Magnum Digest: October 19, 2018
Newsha Tavakolian for National Geographic, Alex Majoli for The New Yorker, Alessandra Sanguinetti and Alec Soth for T Magazine, and more from Magnum photographers this week
Magnum Photographers
Newsha Tavakolian for National Geographic
Newsha Tavakolian has photographed nomadic tribes in her home country of Iran for National Geographic. See the feature here.
Alex Majoli for The New Yorker
Luca Guadagnino, the Sicilian film director, producer, and screenwriter behind 2017’s Call Me By Your Name has been photographed by Alex Majoli for The New Yorker. See the story here.
Alessandra Sanguinetti and Alec Soth for T Magazine
T Magazine’s “Greats” issue celebrates six people who have been inspired to forge aa world different from our own. Alessandra Sanguinetti shot American novelist George RR Martin, and Alec Soth photographed artist Bruce Nauman. Read the George RR Martin interview and see Sanguinetti’s portraits here. Read the interview with Bruce Nauman and see Alec Soth’s photos here. The full issue can be seen here.
Martin Parr’s cultural highlights
Martin Parr has shared the cultural highlights that are “on his radar” with The Guardian. Find out what theatre, comedy, art gallery and book he recommends, and why he loves Benidorm here.
Magnum China on Wallpaper
Wallpaper Magazine has run a feature on the new book Magnum China, which charts the changes that have taken place in the country over the past 80 years, as documented by Magnum photographers. Read the feature here.
Read a piece by one of the book’s editors Colin Pantall, on Magnum Photos here.
Moises Saman in Sri Lanka
Moises Saman’s recent work captures the terrible aftermath of the country’s civil war among its Tamil minority. See it here, published by The Observer.