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On assignment for The New Yorker in 2023, Paolo Pellegrin and journalist Ben Taub visited the Norwegian towns of Vardø and Kirkenes, placed a few kilometers from the Norwegian-Russian border and the strategically-sensitive Kola Peninsula. The article, titled "Russia's Espionage War in the Arctic,” examines the increasing intensity of Russia's intelligence operations in the region. "For the past few years, civilian life in northern Norway has been under constant, low-grade attack. Russian hackers have targeted small municipalities and ports with phishing scams, ransomware, and other forms of cyber warfare, and individuals travelling as tourists have been caught photographing sensitive defense and communications infrastructure,” writes Taub. 🔗 Read the article: https://bit.ly/3Ctyrem © Paolo Pellegrin / Magnum Photos

Magnum x Polaroid at Paris Photo Fair 💥 Earlier this year, Jim Goldberg, Newsha Tavakolian and Enri Canaj each created a new body of work in their home countries using a Polaroid I-2 camera. This was followed by a global open call, organized by Magnum and Polaroid, inviting emerging photographers to submit their portfolios along with a concept for an empathy-driven story. As part of Magnum and Polaroid’s ongoing collaboration, an exhibition titled Real Life Is Not Black and White will be on view at Paris Photo from November 7–11, featuring work from the 10 open call winners alongside images by Goldberg, Tavakolian and Canaj. Enri Canaj will also lead a talk with several of the winners on November 9, delving into their projects in more detail. 🔗 Plan your visit: https://bit.ly/3UJ6c1x © Enri Canaj, Newsha Tavakolian, Jim Goldberg / Magnum Photos

At this year’s Paris Photo Fair, Magnum Gallery presents a selection of fine prints that travel through the generations of Magnum photographers, weaving classic with contemporary and monochrome with vibrant color ✨ The 27th edition of Paris Photo sees Magnum Gallery curate a visual journey through the cooperative's vast archive, highlighting a pair of vintage prints from Herbert List. Known for his striking portraiture that combines photography with his fascination for surrealism and classicism, List’s lesser-known still life work reveals the subtlety and introspection characteristic of his oeuvre. His 1936 depiction of an ashtray intersected by a shadow serves as a study of composition and form reduced to its fundamental elements, exploring the meeting of light, shadow and shape. In another image created two years prior, a single sardine lies in a wrapper placed on a rough surface in a multilayered observation of texture and tonality. Visit the Magnum Gallery at Booth C02 at Paris Photo from November 7–10. 🔗 Learn more about this year’s curation: https://bit.ly/3UDPRex © Herbert List / Magnum Photos

Magnum Photos x #ParisPhoto Week 2024 🇫🇷 With Magnum photographers due to gather for the spectacle of the 27th Paris Photo Fair in the French capital this November, we’ve created a rundown of the exciting events to catch over the period, from talks and signings to exhibitions and workshops. 🔗 Read the full program: https://bit.ly/3YHRzxY © Elliott Erwitt / Magnum Photos

On this day 50 years ago, boxers George Foreman and Muhammad Ali stepped into the ring to battle for the world's undisputed heavyweight title, billed as The Rumble in the Jungle. The match would become one of the most iconic and culturally significant events in the sport, with Ali famously winning by knockout against Foreman in the 8th round. Abbas was on assignment for Jeune Afrique magazine in the then-nascent Zaire, now the Democratic Republic of Congo. He followed Ali from President Mobutu’s palace to the boxing ring, documenting the events leading up to and during the historic match through his lens. 🔗 Read the article about the event: https://bit.ly/4e3kQaF © Abbas / Magnum Photos

Eden, the Square Print Sale in partnership with The Photo Society, is now LIVE ✨ The selection of more than 120 prints celebrates the miraculous beauty, complexity, and sometimes absurdity of life on our planet, while emphasizing the urgent need to protect it from an existential threat: humankind. “For this Square Print Sale edition, we’ve partnered with The Photo Society, an organization at the forefront of documenting this beauty. My hope is that the collection we’ve curated will serve as a reminder, subtle or stark, of what’s truly at stake,” explains Cristina de Middel, Magnum President. "We are dedicated to promoting, preserving, and empowering photojournalism across the globe. We are also thrilled to partner with the esteemed Magnum organization, showcasing solidarity within the photographic community and celebrating the tireless efforts of photographers who document the incredible world around us," says Randy Olson, founder of The Photo Society. Curated in collaboration with The Photo Society, the collection captures not only a diverse range of places but also a vibrant spectrum of thematic interpretations. Each photograph will be available as a 6x6" signed or estate-stamped print for one week only, priced at $110/£110/€120. 🔗 Discover the collection now: https://bit.ly/4eR5Spo

On assignment for Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) France in August, Moises Saman visited the MSF-run Reconstructive Surgery Hospital in Amman, Jordan that treats Palestinian children who have been medically evacuated from Gaza following Israeli strikes. According to the World Health Organization, almost 60 percent of requests for medical evacuation from Gaza are turned down by the Israeli authorities. "The small number of patients from Gaza receiving vital rehabilitation at MSF’s hospital in Amman is barely a ripple on the surface of the deep ocean of needs across the Gaza Strip,” writes MSF. 🔗 Read the full story: https://bit.ly/48bw8IF © Moises Saman / Magnum Photos

España x Magnum, a new exhibition opening today and showing until October 26 at La Vega Arms Factory in Oviedo, Spain, explores 77 years of Spanish culture and heritage through the eyes of Magnum photographers 🇪🇸 Curated by Cristina de Middel, the 112-image exhibition celebrates Magnum's reception of the Princess of Asturias Award for Concord, with the awards ceremony taking place next week. "The Spain depicted in 'España x Magnum' is a land of contrasts, where the absurd meets the dramatic, the past meets the present, and legend intertwines with reality,” writes Gloria Crespo in her article exploring the exhibition. 🔗 Read the full story: https://bit.ly/3UbQOdY © Abbas, Cristina García Rodero, Martin Parr, Lúa Ribeira / Magnum Photos

What is “America”? A new book, published by Thames & Hudson and featuring over 80 Magnum photographers, seeks to unpack the myth and mystery of the United States as seen through the Magnum archive. Co-authored by Peter van Agtmael and writer, curator, and scholar Laura Wexler, Magnum America brings together 600 images in a collection of stories that explore questions of American history, culture, identity and global influence from the 1940s to present day. “In the back of my mind, I’ve always wanted to make a book about the agency,” writes Van Agtmael. “We are a group who rigidly preserve our individuality, but my passion for Magnum has always come from what we are when all the divergent pieces are plugged together.” 🔗 Discover more about the book in the article: https://bit.ly/3zNI8n3 © Cornell Capa, ICP, Ernest Cole, Peter van Agtmael, Alex Webb / Magnum Photos

“What is it like to grow up in Palestine? How can you live amid violence, fear and oppression?” asks Dutch-Palestinian photographer Sakir Khader in his first solo exhibition, I Have No More Earth to Lose. Now showing at Carré Chassé in Breda, the Netherlands, as part of this year’s Breda Photo festival, I Have No More Earth to Lose bears witness to Khader’s commitment to documenting the injustices and violence faced by people living in the Israeli-occupied cities of Jenin and Nablus, Palestine. Through a powerful display of image and text, the exhibition emphasizes the unyielding resilience and devotion to the land of Palestinians born into displacement and living in the West Bank by interweaving innocence, loss, play, resistance and connection. "Before the cameras arrived, I captured what the world either couldn't see or simply refused to acknowledge,” says Khader. 🔗 Read the full story: https://bit.ly/3Nieqd1 © Sakir Khader / Magnum Photos