Reporting through a lens

Turkey, 1990: A butterfly rests on a man attending a political meeting.
Kieran Meeke|Metro11 April 2012
The Weekender

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For the last half century, the prestigious Magnum photo agency has enlisted the world's most respected documentary photographers to shoot news stories from every corner of the globe.

Magnum Stories, a new book, examines how 61 of the most prestigious Magnum names approached, took, edited and laid out their best-known work.

Magnum's founder members, such as Robert Capa, George Rodger and Henri Cartier-Bresson, as well as later generations, including Renè Burri, Steve McCurry and Martin Parr, are well represented.

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Magnum Stories, by Chris Boot, published by Phaidon, £45 hardback.

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