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BJP Review: 1974

I remember this great photo from when I first saw it a few years ago.  It’s by Catherine Noren.  I e-mailed her at the time to ask for more detail (see below).  I did sent… BJP Review: 1974

BJP Review: 1973

This was the only photo from the 1973 edition that really stood out, but it’s a great one.  No context as usual but a striking image from Gilles Peress (1946-).  He joined Magnum in 1971. “I… BJP Review: 1973

BJP Review: 1972

I remember this image well from looking through the book when it first arrived and assumed it was of San Francisco.  Tracking down the photographer who told me it was actually a suburb of Woolooboola… BJP Review: 1972

BJP Review: 1971

This issue is just packed with so many good photos I’m simply going to have to pick a few as it’s just too hard to choose a single image. Firstly I was struck by the… BJP Review: 1971

BJP Review: 1970

Only Tony Ray-Jones I’d previously heard of from this year’s annual, though it’s only a vague recollection. I’m torn in this issue between two photographs so I’ll pick them both.  The first is by Peter… BJP Review: 1970

BJP Review: 1969

Only Snowdon that I’d previously heard of from this issue (down to my lack of knowledge rather than photographers, of course). Walter Nurnberg  (April 18, 1907 – 19 October 1991) was an industrial photographer. You can… BJP Review: 1969

BJP Review: 1967

I was tempted to pick a photo or two from Jürgen Schadeberg’s set titled “The Dance of Exorcism.” but I’ve gone for photos by Clarence John Laughlin (1905 – 2 January 1985) from a portfolio… BJP Review: 1967

BJP Review: 1966

Passing over the photographers I’ve heard of; Bill Brandt, Donald McCullin, Lord Snowdon (and as of the 1965 issue Philip Jones Griffiths). For this issue i’ve picked this photo by John Bulmer (1938-) The second… BJP Review: 1966

BJP Review: 1965

Passing over the four photographers I’ve already heard of; Robert Doisneau, Marc Riboud, Bill Brandt and Ansel Adams I’ve chosen this photo by Philip Jones Griffiths (1936-2008). Griffiths joined Magnum as an associate in 1966… BJP Review: 1965