Magnum Poster: Bournemouth, England, 1978 George Rodger Fine Prints

Magnum Poster: Bournemouth, England, 1978 George Rodger Fine PrintsA man in a trench coat braces against heavy snowfall, walking alone through the dark streets of Bournemouth. Thick, diagonal streaks of snow slice across the frame, caught in flash, turning the night into a blizzard of light and shadow. Taken in November 1978 as part of Martin Parrs Bad Weather series, the image turns an ordinary storm into something cinematicpart documentation, part drama.

ubiquitous yellow

Herbert List became a contributor to Magnum Photos in 1951

I don't even look at my camera

can you imagine what you can do with me

before joining the Dalmas agency as a reporter two years later

I’m the guy who got assigned to go and shoot The Beatles in Jamaica and managed to arrive the day after they left

Towell documented life in Mennonite communities for over 10 years over the course of the 1990s

leading me through the blues of the wetness of the land

As the book’s narrative progresses

tea dances

the first years of the ones who made it to their destinations

The Suffering of Light was originally published by Aperture in 2011