Field Notes

December 2022, No. 84
Top Stories of 2022

Top Stories of 2022

As Magnum’s 75th year draws to an end, this week we’re looking back at the most-read stories of 2022. Featuring major exhibition openings, several groundbreaking new photobooks, and the photographic response to the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, the selection below shares what you’ve been reading from Magnum over the past twelve months.

Ready to Enter a Picture Perfect World? 

Trent Parke discusses his latest photobook, Cue the Sun, shot through a bus window on a whirlwind tour of India with cricket legend Steve Waugh.

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Agony in the Garden

Lúa Ribeira shares the inspiration behind one of her projects from this year, collaborating with individuals in the emerging trap and drill music scenes in Spain.

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Reporting the Early Stages of the War in Ukraine

Several Magnum photographers went to report on the conflict in Ukraine and how it has affected people in their daily lives. Here we gather the first two months of coverage as it was published in the international press.

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We Are Family

13 Magnum photographers and two guest artists were given a carte blanche to explore the theme of family for a collaboration with Parisian-brand AMI.

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Close Enough:
New Perspectives from 12 Women Photographers of Magnum 

Ahead of a major exhibition curated by Charlotte Cotton at the Internation Center of Photography in New York City, photographers Olivia Arthur, Bieke Depoorter, Susan Meiselas and Lúa Ribeira got together to discuss their practice.

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James’ House

Jacob Aue Sobol opens up in a frank and honest interview about his time in Greenland as James’ House, the follow-up to Sabine, is published.

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Hafiz Wins the Paris Photo-Aperture First Photobook Award 

As Sabiha Çimen picked up the award at this year’s Paris Photo fair in November, we revisited an interview from 2020 in which she sheds light on the project and her practice.

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Chris Killip Retrospective

Diane Smyth revisits past interviews with the photographer about his work and inspiration as a retrospective opened at The Photographers’ Gallery in London, accompanied by a new photobook.

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Carnival Strippers Revisited

Fifty years after Susan Meiselas first started documenting behind the scenes of the traveling ‘girls shows’ in the northeast of the USA, a new edition of the book, Carnival Strippers Revisited, is published.

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Some Say Ice

Alessandra Sanguinetti shares why, and what she found when she made her own journey to Black River Falls in Wisconsin for her latest photobook.

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