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Memorial Day al Fresco
It’s Memorial Day weekend. Magnum suggests an outdoor meal to kick off the unofficial start of summer. UNITED STATES—A family backyard barbecue, 1959.
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Book of the Week Fuji by Chris Steele-Perkins The impetus for this three-year project began when Steele - Perkins was offered a gift from his Japanese wife of the famous book by nineteenth-century master printmaker Katsushika Hokusai, "36 Views of Mount Fuji". Struck by the verisimilitude of the prints as historical documents of the life of the peoples around the mountain - woodcutters, fishermen, peasants, aristocrats - as well as the beauty and spiritual aspect of the area, Steele-Perkins began to research further. | Join the Fray © Marilyn Silverstone / Magnum Photos What do you think of these photos? Join the Fray, our reader discussion forum. Photography is the only language that can be understood anywhere in the world. Bruno Barbey |