©MARC RIBOUD / MAGNUM PHOTOS
Pictures at an Exhibition presents images of one notable show every weekday.
Today’s show: “Early Magnum: On & In New York” is on view at the National Arts Club in New York through Saturday, April 29. The exhibition, timed to Magnum Photos’s 70th anniversary, presents a range of photographs from its members made between 1947 and 1960.
01
Marc Riboud, USA. New-York City. 1959. Photographers Elliott Erwitt and Henri Cartier-Bresson.
©MARC RIBOUD / MAGNUM PHOTOS
Werner Bischof, USA. New York City. 1953.
©WERNER BISCHOF / MAGNUM PHOTOS
Bruce Davidson, USA. New York City. 1959. Brooklyn Gang.
©BRUCE DAVIDSON / MAGNUM PHOTOS
Dennis Stock, USA. New York City. 1955. James Dean haunted Times Square. For a novice actor in the fifties this was the place to go. The Actors Studio, directed by Lee Strasberg, was in its heyday and just a block away.
©DENNIS STOCK / MAGNUM PHOTOS
Leonard Freed, USA. New York City. 1956. Wall Street.
©LEONARD FREED / MAGNUM PHOTOS
Eve Arnold, USA. New York City. Fashion in Harlem. Model Charlotte Stribling aka 'Fabulous' waits backstage for the entrance cue to model clothes designed and made in the Harlem community. The venue is the Abyssinian Church. 1950.
©EVE ARNOLD / MAGNUM PHOTOS
Erich Hartmann, USA. NYC. 1955. Magnum photographers on TV. Burt Glinn.
©ERICH HARTMANN / MAGNUM PHOTOS
Elliott Erwitt, USA. New York. 1955.
©ELLIOTT ERWITT / MAGNUM PHOTOS
Cornell Capa, USA. New York City. 1960. Senator John F. KENNEDY and Jacqueline KENNEDY campaign during a ticker tape parade in Manhattan.
©CORNELL CAPA, MAGNUM PHOTOS/INTERNATIONAL CENTER OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Rene Burri, 5th Avenue. Henri Cartier-Bresson, French photographer.
©RENE BURRI / MAGNUM PHOTOS