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Magnum Digest

The Magnum Digest: April 12, 2019

Diana Markosian wins a World Press Photo award, Alex Webb speaks to LensCulture, Carolyn Drake shoots for Airbnb Magazine, and more from Magnum photographers this week

Diana Markosian A quinceañera rides around her neighborhood as her community gathers to celebrate her. Cuba. 2018. © Diana Markosian | Magnum Photos

Diana Markosian Wins a First Prize in World Press Photo Contest

Diana Markosian’s image from her project ‘Cubanitas’, which explores the coming of age of young women in Cuba, took first prize in the World Press Photo Contest’s contemporary issues, single image category.

You can read more about the project on Magnum Photos here. And you can see the winning photograph on the WPP site here.

Diana Markosian Cuba. 2018. © Diana Markosian | Magnum Photos

Diana Markosian on the BBC

Diana Markosian was also featured on BBC Culture’s Through the Lens video series this week. The photographer discusses her work ‘Inventing My Father’. The project saw Markosian return to Armenia to find her father, whom she had last seen at seven years old, when she and the rest of her family moved to California.

You can watch the film here. And see more of the work on Magnum, here.

Diana Markosian This is the closet thing I had to an image of my father. A cut out of him in my mother's photo album. An empty hole. A reminder of what wasn't there. Armenia. 2014. © Diana Markosian | Magnum Photos

Alex Webb and Rebecca Norris Webb on LensCulture

Alex Webb and his wife and creative partner Rebecca Norris Webb spoke to the photography site about street photography: the vagaries of the term, the power of curiosity and the benefits of collaboration.

You can read the interview here. And you can find out about Alex Webb and Rebecca Norris Webb’s forthcoming workshop in Hong Kong, here.

Alex Webb Inside church. Arcahaie, Haiti. 1987. © Alex Webb | Magnum Photos

Rebecca Norris Webb © Rebecca Norris Webb Stained Glass. Missouri River, South Dakota. USA. 2006. From the book Slant Rhymes with Alex Webb/distributed by Magnum Photos © Rebecca Norris Webb / Distributed by Magnum Photos | Magnum Photos

Carolyn Drake photographs England’s footpaths for Airbnb Magazine

Carolyn Drake travelled to England to photograph some of the 91,000 miles of public footpaths in the country for Airbnb Magazine. Britain’s network of footways lead walkers through myriad points of natural beauty, historical interest, and – as Drake and the author found out – to more than a few pubs. You can read the feature on Medium here.

Carolyn Drake The Crown Pub in Pateley Bridge. In 2000 the UK passed the Countryside and Rights of Way Act, which granted walkers the right to walk more or less where they pleased, regardless of who owned the la (...)

Alex Majoli’s ‘Scene’ on Arte

Alex Majoli discusses his new book, Scene, in a short film for Arte. The book, which explores the liminal zone between art and reportage was published by Mack Books in March. The project, made over eight years, plays upon peoples’ inherent proclivity for performance.

You can see the film on Arte here, and read a feature on the book on Magnum here.

Signed copies of Scene are available on the Magnum Shop, here.

Alex Majoli Refugees and migrants arriving on Lesbos are transferred to the Moria refugee camp where they register with authorities before being able to move on. Scene #0410. Lesbos. Greece. 2015. © Alex Majoli | Magnum Photos