Online Exhibition
The Body Observed
March 11 - June 23, 2021
Featuring around 130 works from the 1930s to the contemporary, The Body Observed explores how Magnum photographers have turned their lens to the body, presenting works that examine a range of subjects from identity, intimacy, sexuality and ritual, to voyeurism and performance, among others.
The Body Observed
Featuring works from the 1930s to the contemporary, The Body Observed explores how Magnum photographers have turned their lens to the body, presenting works that examine a range of subjects from identity, intimacy, sexuality and ritual, to voyeurism and performance, among others.
USA. 1955. Dutch actress Audrey Hepburn. Gelatin silver print, 8-5/8" × 13" (21.9 cm × 33 cm), image 11" × 14" (27.9 cm × 35.6 cm), paper © Philippe Halsman/Magnum Photos
The body is not a thing, it is a situation: it is our grasp on the world and our sketch of our project
Video
Philippe Halsman discusses his JUMP photographs of Marilyn Monroe taken for Life Magazine in 1959.
FRANCE. Paris. 1936. The Tuileries gardens. Theseus and the Minotaur. Gelatin silver print, 8-5/8" × 13" (21.9 cm × 33 cm), image 11" × 14" (27.9 cm × 35.6 cm), paper © Herbert List/Magnum Photos
SWITZERLAND. Zurich. "Zebra woman". 1942. Gelatin silver print, 8-5/8" × 13" (21.9 cm × 33 cm), image 11" × 14" (27.9 cm × 35.6 cm), paper © Werner Bischof/Magnum Photos
