The Magnum Digest: What Not to Miss This Week
From a video interview with Jacob Aue-Sobol to Paolo Pellegrin's on-the-ground images from Lake Chad and new books, see the latest from Magnum here
Hanging Out in California
You can now see Alessandra Sanguinetti’s work photographing teenagers for California Sunday Magazine online here.
Slant Rhymes in the New York Times
Alex Webb’s book Slant Rhymes is one of New York Times‘ “notable photography books of the season”. Read the review here.
Paolo Pellegrin in Chad
The New Yorker featured work by Paolo Pellegrin, telling the story of what it calls “the world’s most complex humanitarian disaster” in Lake Chad. See the feature here.
Peter van Agtmael
Peter van Agtmael recently photographed Fox news host Sean Hannity at home for the New York Times Magazine. Read the profile here.
Arizona Trips
David Hurn’s Arizona Trips is now published. Read It’s Nice That and BJP on the book of photographs from his trips to Arizona, photographing the desert landscapes and the state’s characterful people. Buy the book here.
El Salvador
Moises Saman’s photographs of the El Salvador Police as they deal with gangs in the nation is featured in the New York Times Magazine. See the feature here.
Watch a video interview with Jacob Aue Sobol
“I only take pictures during winter,” says Magnum’s Jacob Aue Sobol’s in an interview with LensCulture. Watch the film here.
Susan Meiselas’s Fundraiser for Women
During 2015 and 2016, arts organisation, Multistory and Susan Meiselas collaborated with women who were living in a Women’s refuge in the Black Country. The resulting publication, A Room of Their Own, shares the women’s experiences of domestic abuse and the process of entering refuge using photographs, first hand testimonies and original artworks. Now Susan Meiselas is attempting to raise £2500.00 to support women and children in refuge at The Haven Wolverhampton at Christmas. You can help by buying the book or donating from as little as £5 here.
