^#smrgSAHAF Magnum Cinema - Photographs from 50 years of movie-making -

The photographers associated with Magnum have worked with movie-makers since its creation nearly 50 years ago. Robert Capa, one of the founders of Magnum, had many friends in the film business - including Ingrid Bergman, Hunphrey Bogart, Billy Wilder and John Huston - which gave him, and through him the other Magnum photographers, access to the charmed world of Hollywood. This connection with the film world has continued to the present day and widened to include movie-makers all over the world. The resulting on and off set photographs gathered together in this book include intimate portraits of such screen legends as Marilyn Monroe, Clint Eastwood, Ingrid Bergman, James Dean, Clark Gable and many others, as well as outstanding directors, including Alfred Hitchcock, Carol Reed, Francois Truffaut and Andrei Tarkovsky. The roll call of over 50 leading photographers includes Eve Arnold, Robert Capa, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Raymond Depardon, Philippe Halsman, Elliott Erwitt, David Seymour and Dennis Stock.

Don't buy this book for the quality of the printing - you'll be disappointed. There are too many flaws to list and after awhile it just doesn't matter anymore. What matters in the amazing collection Magnum has brought together - it's almost like they are bragging "see - look at how many great images our talent has produced." And it is amazing. I love how they organize the book. They present one iconic image of someone is a car - Audrey Hepburn and then they'll show 10 more images of 10 other movie stars in cars or similar situations and you think surely they don't have anymore like that and then...turn the page and it's a show stopper - Marilyn sleeping on a bed in some small little town. And the captions tell the stories brilliantly with just enough inside information to make you feel special. Buy the book for the incredible number on images of one great star after another taking us through all the stages of movie making. It's so much fun you forget about the flaws.