Magnum 2020
£20, Magnum Photos, softcover, 256 pages, ISBN: 9782952410236
Bringing together a turbulent year of world events through the eyes of the world-renowned Magnum collective, Magnum 2020 is a yearbook like no other. We may prefer to forget the past 18 months, but nobody can deny the world-changing events that have taken place. While there has been much pain, suffering and loss, those of us who are still here have demonstrated an enormous amount of resilience and strength – something which should undoubtedly be celebrated.
As Magnum’s president, Olivia Arthur, says in the foreword, ‘This book commits the year to paper and offers a means for us to try and make sense of it.’
In its pages we find – among other things – global protests against racial injustice,…