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I don't think there is any such thing as detachment when you're photographing. You have a point of view and if you haven't, your pictures don't show anything about the people you are working with ...
Eve Arnold
Monday, Apr. 17, 2006
Liberia
Friday, Apr. 14, 2006
Hugo Chavez and Venezuela
Thursday, Apr. 13, 2006
Samuel Beckett (b.1906)
Wednesday, Apr. 12, 2006
Spaceship Junkyard--(Soviets won the space race this day 1961)
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This gallery, inspired by the recent case of an Afghan national tried for converting to Christianity, examines the fragility of burgeoning democracy in the country.

KABUL, Afghanistan — An American soldier, 2005.

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Interactive Essays
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World of Changes
by Thomas Hoepker

Photographing for over 50 years, Thomas Hoepker has seen a world of change through his lens, from the Cold War division of his native Germany to the fall of the Twin Towers on September 11th.

Rivages
by Harry Gruyaert

Belgian photographer Harry Gruyaert draws creative inspiration from the places where earth meets sea. And while the shoreline may not be always be the main focus of his pictures, it forms a backdrop as regular as the pounding surf.

Magnum in Motion Video Podcasts
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Book of the Week: <i>Hot Light/Half-Made Worlds</i>
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Book of the Week: Hot Light/Half-Made Worlds
by Alex Webb
This book features people of the tropics in spaces of both shadow and light. These portraits show people living in hybrid lands mixed with new and old, where natural beauty and human desperation coexist.
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Zoom In: Canberra Balloon Fiesta
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Zoom In: Canberra Balloon Fiesta
by Trent Parke
From April 15 to 23, the Parliamentary Triangle in Australia's capital city, Canberra, will once again be the sight of the Canberra Balloon Fiesta. Each day at sunrise, more than 50 hot-air balloons of all shapes and sizes will float over the city. A native of Australia, Trent Parke photographed the event in 2003, from the expansion of the floating giants before dawn to their landing and deflation at night.
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