{"id":96531,"date":"2025-05-12T23:12:08","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T23:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/96531\/"},"modified":"2025-05-12T23:12:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T23:12:08","slug":"magnum-photos-origins-told-in-new-graphic-novel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/96531\/","title":{"rendered":"Magnum Photos&#8217; Origins Told in New Graphic Novel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-perfmatters-preload=\"\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Magum-Generations-Graphic-Novel-PetaPixel-BG-800x420.jpg\" alt=\"A graphic novel titled &quot;Magnum Generation(s)&quot; with a cover illustration of a photographer taking a picture. Next to it are two open pages showing comic-style panels of photographers and war scenes.\" width=\"800\" height=\"420\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-794235\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>World-renowned photographic cooperative Magnum Photos, founded in 1947, announced a Kickstarter whose goal is the release of Magnum Generation(s), a graphic novel regaling the true and fascinating stories behind its founding. <\/p>\n<p>The 185-page graphic novel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/caurettepublishing\/magnum-generations\/description\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"follow external noopener\">Magnum Generation(s)<\/a> will be a blend of illustration and authentic Magnum photographs, featuring over 73 hand-selected images from the agency\u2019s renowned photographers.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DJWjZujKrOS\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"><\/blockquote>\n<p>The book follows the stories of Robert Capa, Gerda Taro, David \u2018Chim\u2019 Seymour, Henri Cartier-Bresson, and George Rodger as they banded together to form <a href=\"https:\/\/www.magnumphotos.com\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"follow external noopener\">Magnum Photos<\/a> in New York in 1947. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cDriven by their shared vision, they founded the legendary Magnum Photos cooperative in New York in 1947. Bound by courage and mutual trust, they ventured into the heart of conflict\u2014not just to witness history, but to reveal the facts,\u201d Magnum explains. <\/p>\n<p>Pioneering photojournalism and truthful documentation of breaking events, the Magnum Photos cooperative now <a href=\"https:\/\/www.magnumphotos.com\/photographers\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"follow external noopener\">includes photographers<\/a> around the world with an archive depicting every aspect of humanity including \u201cfamily life, drugs, religion, war, poverty, famine, crime, government and celebrities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSharing what they witnessed with those who could not be there, they would establish the true raison d\u2019\u00eatre of the photo reporter,\u201d the Kickstarter explains. \u201cBound by courage and mutual trust, they ventured into the heart of conflict\u2014not just to witness history, but to reveal the facts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom Robert Capa\u2019s 1936 image capturing the final dignity of a dying Spanish Republican soldier, to Emin \u00d6zmen\u2019s 2022 photograph of Turkish children playing atop the roof of a nearly submerged mosque, the book traces a quiet thread of shared humanity across generations and borders. In moments of play, rebellion, love, and laughter, Magnum\u2019s photographers have stood close to history as it unfolds\u2014and witnessing its path.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Magnum Generation(s) was written by renowned scriptwriter Jean-David Morvan, author of over 300 books, who has experience in photography books through his work with photographers Steve McCurry and Abbas. Illustrations were created by Arnaud Locquet, ScieTronc, and Rafa\u00ebl Ortiz, with Hiroyuki Ooshima as leading colorist.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>First published as a French Edition in 2022, Magnum Generation(s) sold an estimated 20,000 copies and was awarded the France Info Prize for Best Graphic Novel in Journalism and Reporting. The novel\u2019s wide acclaim even led to an exhibition based on the book in 2024 at DIDAM Museum in Bayonne, France.<\/p>\n<p>Now, with this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/caurettepublishing\/magnum-generations\/description\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"follow external noopener\">latest Kickstarter, Magnum Generation(s)<\/a> will be translated into English and published by <a href=\"https:\/\/caurette.com\/en\/graphic-novels\/magnum-generations\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"follow external noopener\">Caurette<\/a> into a \u201c248-page book, featuring an 185-page graphic novel blending illustration and photography, a 73-page portfolio, and a 14-page dossier.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/caurettepublishing\/magnum-generations\/description\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"follow external noopener\">Magnum Generation(s) Kickstarter<\/a> is live now with book pledges starting at $34 and expecting to ship in July 2025.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Disclaimer<\/strong>: Make sure you do your own research into any crowdfunding project you\u2019re considering backing. While we aim to only share legitimate and trustworthy campaigns, there\u2019s always a real chance that you can lose your money when backing any crowdfunded project. PetaPixel does not participate in any crowdfunding affiliate programs.<\/p>\n<p>To hold projects accountable, all crowdfunding campaigns on which PetaPixel reports are financially backed with the lowest tier option in order to give the publication visibility into all backer-only communications. If a campaign owner acts in a manner inconsistent with its promises, PetaPixel will share that information publicly.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Image credits:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/caurette.com\/en\/graphic-novels\/magnum-generations\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"follow external noopener\">Caurette<\/a><\/p>\n<p>      <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"World-renowned photographic cooperative Magnum Photos, founded in 1947, announced a Kickstarter whose goal is the release of Magnum&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":96532,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3939],"tags":[4021,4020,45120,4022,77,45121,45122,45123,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-96531","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-caurette","11":"tag-design","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-graphicnovel","14":"tag-magnum","15":"tag-magnumphotos","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114497398129653480","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96531"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96531\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}