Ma Genan Club

Cartier-Bresson, robert capa, David Seymour, george rodger and Bill Vandifurt.

The establishment of magnum photos itself is also a legend. As early as the spring of 1936, three young people, young Frenchman Henri Cartier Bresson, Hungarian robert capa and Polish Jew Seymour, found a common language in the cafe and planned a photographer's own joint venture company. Ten years later, in the spring of 1947, Kappa hosted the magnum photos in the dining room of the Museum of Modern Art on West 53rd Street in new york, USA, and established the new york Department and the Paris Department of Ma Genan.

Cartier Bresson is one of the most important photographers in France and even in the world. Died in 2004.

He crossed the north and south of China from1August 1948 to1April 1949, and his works vividly showed the historical moment of China's political handover. Throughout the forties and fifties, Bresson traveled all over the world, including India, Japan, the United States, Europe and Southeast Asia. 1952, Bresson published his masterpiece The Decisive Moment, which provided an important train of thought for image aesthetics.

Robert capa is a famous war photographer. He was born in Budapest in 19 13. He decided to become a photographer at the age of 17.

George rodger is one of the famous British photographers. During World War II, he filmed the road construction and Normandy landing on the China-Myanmar border.

Seymour, a Polish Jew, 1956 was shot and killed in Gaza. Ma Genan is the name of a large-capacity French champagne, which is often drunk during celebrations and revelry. 1947, with its Latin meaning of "great and tenacious" as the name of Magnum (Ma Genan), the world's first independent rights organization of international news photographers was established, and it was also the first photography cooperative in the world. This is by far the most important photo agency in the world. The following year, we opened a branch in new york, USA.

When the history of mankind is recorded through images, we can trace back to the progress of the contemporary world in the 60 years since World War II, from the independence of nation-states, the cold war between East and West, natural and man-made disasters, to the development of fashion and the changes of daily life. Photographers from Ma Genan arrived at the scene at the first time, and provided the most touching and authentic images for people in different corners of the world with their firm belief in revealing the truth and their courage and tenacity at the cost of their lives. These photographers also come from different countries and nationalities, regardless of gender or age, and they all abide by Ma Genan's first creed: "News photography cares about human beings". It is this loud and clear slogan of "caring for mankind" that defines the professional ethics of news photography and lays the international standard of news photography.

Almost all major political and cultural events in the contemporary world have not escaped the eyes of photographers in magnum photos. The apartheid in South Africa, the pollution in Minamata village in Japan, the gold mining in Brazil, the American war in Vietnam, the May storm in France, the Afghanistan war in1980s, the Iran-Iraq war in1980s, and the American war against Iraq. The context of contemporary history unfolds clearly, sensitively and powerfully in the negatives of Ma Genan photographers, which is shocking and arouses people's reflection. This is also the purpose of Menglong Photo Agency.

The 1950s and 1960s were the golden age of American life, and magazine media such as paris match Pictorial and German Pictorial also needed a large number of extended and in-depth thematic photographs. Therefore, the first 10 year in magnum photos was also a prosperous period of news and documentary photography.

The immortal legend of magnum photos was created by photographers with their life and perseverance. Whether it is the photography career of the four founders of Ma Genan or the ups and downs of no more than 80 photographers so far, it is enough to show the strength of their group.

Magnum photos announced that it would become a joint organization of photographers. All members are on-the-job photographers, and they choose their own editors and staff to formulate the delivery and promotion policies of their works. They don't have a boss, and every photographer is also a boss, that is, a joint-stock system. For example, the profit earned from filming is distributed according to the number of works submitted by individuals. In the past 30 years, many outstanding photographers have been members of Ma Genan. Today, the organizational structure has changed. Some works submitted by young photographers who are young members of Ma Genan are calculated on commission. Therefore, joining Ma Genan requires a complicated and long-term evaluation process. First, the work should be submitted to a jury composed of all Ma Genan members. If half of them vote yes, they can start their internship. At least two years later, if you submit another work, you need one-third of the votes, and then you can become a full member of Ma Genan, and you will have shares in Ma Genan. Therefore, in the past 60 years, Ma Genan's membership has been strictly controlled, with no more than 80 members. Magnum photos's structure obviously belongs to the thoughts of leftist organizations. Robert Capa

1936 during the Spanish civil war, capa captured the moment when a soldier was shot and about to fall on the battlefield in Spain. This work "The Death of a Spanish Soldier" makes people feel immersive. The shock and nothingness of death immediately shocked the photography industry at that time, becoming an immortal work of war photography and a masterpiece handed down by Capa.

Capa's whole life has been directed at war. He said: "The camera itself can't stop the war, but the photos taken by the camera can expose the war and stop the development of the war."

1938 Kappa, as the only allied war correspondent in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression who can cover the China war zone, filmed the Battle of Taierzhuang in China.

1944, the battlefield photos of Kappa filled with trembling images became a precious portrayal of the Normandy landing. Kappa is called "lucky" by his peers. He filmed wars many times and always bravely rushed to the forefront to get the most vivid images.

1954 On the battlefield in Vietnam, Kappa was killed by lightning at the age of 4 1 year.

1955 American Life magazine and overseas journalists' club set up the robert capa Gold Award to encourage photographers who have made achievements in news photography.

1966, the United States established the "Caring for People Photography Foundation" to commemorate the photographers who died in magnum photos, such as Kappa.