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Ferdinando Scianna Mman reading. Rome. Italy. 1968. © Ferdinando Scianna | Magnum Photos

Bruce Davidson Subway platform. New York City. USA. 1980. © Bruce Davidson | Magnum Photos

Marilyn Silverstone South Vietnam. 1966. © Marilyn Silverstone | Magnum Photos

Marilyn Silverstone

Richard Kalvar Reading along the Tiber. Rome. Italy. © Richard Kalvar | Magnum Photos

W. Eugene Smith USA. 1950's. © W. Eugene Smith | Magnum Photos

W. Eugene Smith

Marilyn Silverstone | -scaled.jpg Young girls intent on learning how to read in Iran (as part of a literacy program.) © Marilyn Silverstone | Magnum Photos

Marilyn Silverstone

A. Abbas Gaza. 1991. Reading of the Koran in the Hamas Mosque. © A. Abbas | Magnum Photos

Bruce Davidson SCOTLAND. 1960. Man reading paper next to window. © Bruce Davidson | Magnum Photos

A. Abbas SENEGAL. Diourbel. A young man reads the Koran in his room. 1988. © A. Abbas | Magnum Photos

Constantine Manos Man reading newspaper.

From "A Greek Portfolio". Chania. Crete. 1962. © Constantine Manos | Magnum Photos

Constantine Manos

Ferdinando Scianna My sister Anna studying at home. Sicily, Bagheria. Italy. © Ferdinando Scianna | Magnum Photos

René Burri L'enfant et la lecture. © René Burri | Magnum Photos

René Burri

A. Abbas EGYPT. Cairo. 1997. Student from Sierra Leone at University dorm. © A. Abbas | Magnum Photos

Stuart Franklin GB. Oxford. The Bodleian Library. 1994. © Stuart Franklin | Magnum Photos

Stuart Franklin

Steve McCurry A man reads at a window. Myanmar. 1994. © Steve McCurry | Magnum Photos

Steve McCurry SERBIA. Yugoslavia. 1989. Man takes a break at MKS Steelworks.

(SERBIA-10004) © Steve McCurry | Magnum Photos

Inge Morath USA. New York City. 1957. Woman reading on the subway. © Inge Morath | Magnum Photos

Collection Capa Robert Capa, Washington DC. April 1942.

"photo courtesy of Myron Davis @" © Collection Capa | Magnum Photos

Collection Capa

Chris Steele-Perkins G.B. ENGLAND. Blackpool. 1982. On the beach with dog and donkeys. From The Pleasure Principle. © Chris Steele-Perkins | Magnum Photos

Chris Steele-Perkins

Martin Parr 'From Home and Abroad'. Snowdonia. GB. 1989. © Martin Parr | Magnum Photos

Wayne Miller USA. 1955. © Wayne Miller | Magnum Photos

Harry Gruyaert SPAIN. Santiago de Compostela. 1998. © Harry Gruyaert | Magnum Photos

Harry Gruyaert

Bruno Barbey CHINA. 1980. © Bruno Barbey | Magnum Photos

Harry Gruyaert France. © Harry Gruyaert | Magnum Photos

Harry Gruyaert

Constantine Manos USA. Boston, Massachusetts. 1974. Street sale at block party, South End. © Constantine Manos | Magnum Photos

Constantine Manos

Eve Arnold USA. Sinai, New York. 1955. US actress Marilyn Monroe reading James Joyce's "Ulysses." © Eve Arnold | Magnum Photos

Eve Arnold

Steve McCurry A man displays paintings while he reads in his car. Rome. Italy. 1984. © Steve McCurry | Magnum Photos

Thomas Hoepker Men reading the New York Times in Central Park. New York. USA. 1992. © Thomas Hoepker | Magnum Photos

Thomas Hoepker

Steve McCurry PAKISTAN. Peshawar. 1985. Man in wheelchair reads to boy. © Steve McCurry | Magnum Photos

A. Abbas ISRAEL/PALESTINE. 1995. Greek Orthodox priests from Jerusalem read the Bible in a little chapel by the Jordan River. On epiphany, they make an annual pilgrimage from Jerusalem to bless the waters. © A. Abbas | Magnum Photos

Bruno Barbey CHINA. Xinjiang province. Kashgar. 1989. An old Uygur man reads from the Koran in the courtyard of the Id Kah Mosque. © Bruno Barbey | Magnum Photos

Wayne Miller USA. Illinois. Chicago. 1947. A girl "reading" Ebony magazine. © Wayne Miller | Magnum Photos

Dennis Stock Italy. 1980. © Dennis Stock | Magnum Photos

Dennis Stock

Richard Kalvar JAPAN. Tokyo. At a private kindergarten. 1983. © Richard Kalvar | Magnum Photos

David Seymour Evening class at the Roggiano Gravina Center. Some of the peasants have to walk eight km from their homes to attend the class. Italy. 1950. © David Seymour | Magnum Photos

David Seymour

Wayne Miller USA. 1956. © Wayne Miller | Magnum Photos

Wayne Miller Joan Miller at Edward Steichen's home, "Umpawaug". Redding, Connecticut. USA. 1942. © Wayne Miller | Magnum Photos

Ferdinando Scianna ITALY, Rome, man reading © Ferdinando Scianna | Magnum Photos

Philippe Halsman USA. NYC. 1949. French poet, artist and filmmaker Jean COCTEAU. © Philippe Halsman | Magnum Photos

Philippe Halsman

Henri Cartier-Bresson GREECE. Peloponnese. Nafpaktos (Naupactus). 1953. Café. © Henri Cartier-Bresson | Magnum Photos

Bruno Barbey USA. New York City. 2002. People in the subway. © Bruno Barbey | Magnum Photos

Ian Berry | -scaled.jpg Kimono-clad ladies contrast with western advertising. Honshu. Tokyo. Japan. © Ian Berry | Magnum Photos

Ian Berry

Bruno Barbey Pro-democracy students in the major highway of the admiralty district. Hond Kong. 14-15 October 2014. © Bruno Barbey | Magnum Photos

Peter Marlow Church go-er in Cap Hatian. Haiti. © Peter Marlow | Magnum Photos

Peter Marlow

A. Abbas | -scaled.jpg Visitors at a book fair. Tehran. Iran. 1997. © A. Abbas | Magnum Photos

Bruce Davidson USA. Los Angeles. 1966. © Bruce Davidson | Magnum Photos

Dennis Stock | -scaled.jpg In 1955 James Dean returned to his roots, the town of Fairmount where he was raised and educated. He visits the farm of his uncle Marcus Winslow, and in the dining room reads some poetry by James W (...)

Dennis Stock

Eve Arnold US actress Marilyn Monroe reading James Joyce. Long Island. USA. 1955. © Eve Arnold | Magnum Photos

Eve Arnold

A. Abbas THAILAND. Bangkok. A man reads from the Koran in a city mosque. © A. Abbas | Magnum Photos

Richard Kalvar France. Paris. Au pair girl reads to children.1994 © Richard Kalvar | Magnum Photos

A. Abbas Man reading the Koran. Al Aqsa Mosque. Jerusalem. Israel. 1991. © A. Abbas | Magnum Photos

Henri Cartier-Bresson FRANCE. Paris. 1969. Rue de Grenelle. © Henri Cartier-Bresson | Magnum Photos

Stuart Franklin G.B. ENGLAND. Oxford. Drinking is arguably the students favorite pastime. 1994. © Stuart Franklin | Magnum Photos

Stuart Franklin

Gueorgui Pinkhassov BELGIUM. THALYS. High speed train linking Paris to Brussels. © Gueorgui Pinkhassov | Magnum Photos

Gueorgui Pinkhassov

Steve McCurry MYANMAR. Yangon. 2013. A man reads on a train. (BURMA-10611NF) © Steve McCurry | Magnum Photos

Henri Cartier-Bresson Paris. Quartier Latin. © Henri Cartier-Bresson | Magnum Photos

Patrick Zachmann FRANCE. Paris. 4th arrondissement. Rue des Rosiers. Orthodox jews. 1979. © Patrick Zachmann | Magnum Photos

Patrick Zachmann

Peter Marlow Tokyo subway, Shinjuku station. © Peter Marlow | Magnum Photos

Peter Marlow

Inge Morath USA. California. 1959. Rod SERLING. © Inge Morath | Magnum Photos

Inge Morath | -scaled.jpg Lake Constance. Austria. 1959. © Inge Morath | Magnum Photos

Inge Morath AUSTRIA. Cafe in Vienna. 1961. © Inge Morath | Magnum Photos

Ferdinando Scianna ITALY. Milan. Children reading. © Ferdinando Scianna | Magnum Photos

Martin Parr FRANCE. Nice. 2015. © Martin Parr | Magnum Photos

Stuart Franklin

Herbert List

Eve Arnold USA. New York. Long Island. US actress Marilyn MONROE reading Ulysses by James Joyce. 1955. © Eve Arnold | Magnum Photos

Eve Arnold

Chris Steele-Perkins

Dennis Stock

Steve McCurry USA. Los Angeles, California, 1992. A monk reads in a bedroom. (USA-10047NS) © Steve McCurry | Magnum Photos

Steve McCurry USA. New York City. 2015. A man reading on the subway. Bob Marley shirt. (USA-11502) © Steve McCurry | Magnum Photos

Steve McCurry A woman walks up stairs immitating the painted figures. Tokyo. Japan. 2008. © Steve McCurry | Magnum Photos

Steve McCurry ITALY. Rome. 1994. A man reads the newspaper with his dog outside a restaurant.

(ITALY-10089) © Steve McCurry | Magnum Photos

Steve McCurry | -scaled.jpg The Old Delhi Train Station in an uncharacteristically quiet moment. The station and surrounding area are typically so crowded that traffic frequently comes to a standstill. Old Delhi. India. 1983. © Steve McCurry | Magnum Photos