If you like photojournalism, reportage, documentary photography, that sort of thing..

velofinds · #1 06-23-2016, 10:07 AM

..then this new book by Magnum (the storied French photo agency) should be right up your alley. Just learned about it recently and plan on buying a copy myself.

More sample images here:

http://www.newyorker.com/culture/pho...ars-of-cycling

Tickdoc · #2 06-23-2016, 10:46 AM

*want*

maxdog · #3 06-23-2016, 10:53 AM

Thanks, that goes on my gift list.

saf-t · #4 06-23-2016, 01:14 PM

Photojournalist in my former, non-safety life- thanks for the tip!

cadence90 · #5 06-23-2016, 02:36 PM

I bet this book is great. T&H is a good house, and Magnum is perhaps the best agency ever.

velofinds · #6 06-23-2016, 02:44 PM

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Originally Posted by cadence90

Magnum is perhaps the best agency ever.

I agree. In my shooting years, there's nothing in life I would have loved more than to receive an invitation from Magnum to join. Which, if you're an amateur cyclist, is a bit like waiting for Team Sky to call

benb · #7 06-23-2016, 02:46 PM

Sweet, stuck this on my birthday wish list.

Look at the great posture & fit on the guys in the first picture.. looks better than today.

cadence90 · #8 06-23-2016, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by velofinds

I agree. In my shooting years, there's nothing in life I would have loved more than to receive an invitation from Magnum to join. Which, if you're an amateur cyclist, is a bit like waiting for Team Sky to call

Can you even imagine?

"Allo, allo? May I speak please avec Monsieur velofinds? Dees iz Henri Cartier-Bresson...".

bcroslin · #9 06-23-2016, 03:15 PM

Yup. Saw this on the Rapha site recently and I definitely want.

This link has a huge selection of cycling images from Magnum

EDIT: just purchased the book from Amazon for $33

eippo1 · #10 06-23-2016, 03:41 PM

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Originally Posted by bcroslin

Yup. Saw this on the Rapha site recently and I definitely want.

This link has a huge selection of cycling images from Magnum

EDIT: just purchased the book from Amazon for $33

Wow, so bib shorts were de rigueur even back in 1939?

daker13 · #11 06-23-2016, 08:22 PM

Love to hear some reports from those who have book in hand--it looks great.

Elefantino · #12 06-23-2016, 09:05 PM

Alert BBD!

velofinds · #13 06-23-2016, 10:40 PM

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Originally Posted by cadence90

Can you even imagine?

"Allo, allo? May I speak please avec Monsieur velofinds? Dees iz Henri Cartier-Bresson...".

Ha, exactly. Or even Paolo Pellegrin

Llewellyn · #14 06-24-2016, 02:14 AM

I love Magnum's work, but I was looking at this in a bookshop and it didn't look like their best stuff.

bcroslin · #15 06-24-2016, 08:41 AM

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Originally Posted by velofinds

Ha, exactly. Or even Paolo Pellegrin

Paolo's work is amazing even if he's managed to piss some folks off over the years with his story "management." His wife Katherine was a student of mine at a workshop years ago and is an amazing photographer in her own right.

I would love to see Martin Parr take on the TDF. It would be glorious.