Magnum – Contact sheets

Contact sheets aren’t used anymore. At least, rarely.

This photography book presents, for the first time, the very best contact sheets created by Magnum photographers. Contact sheets tell the truth behind a photograph. They unveil its process, and provide its back story. Was it the outcome of what a photographer had in mind from the outset? Did it emerge from a diligently worked sequence, or was the right shot down to pure serendipity – a matter of being in the right place at the right time?
This landmark publication provides the reader with a depth of understanding and a critical analysis of the story behind a photograph, the process of editing it, and the places and ways in which the selected photographs were used.

Kristen Lubben is Associate Curator of the International Center of Photography, New York. Among her previous books are Susan Meiselas: In History and Amelia Earhart: Image and Icon, both published by Steidl.