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The UK photographer and Magnum Vice President curates a new show offering an overseas view of his country

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As part of its 70th anniversary program, Magnum Photos is holding an exhibition of photographs taken in New York City during the agency’s early years

Description Dennis Stock’s images of James Dean offered a uniquely intimate insight into a life on the brink of stardom through the eyes of a close friend. Stock met Dean in Hollywood in January 1955 and intrigued, began to photograph him. Following him on a visit from his birthplace in Fairmont, Indiana, to New York City, and back to Hollywood, Stock recorded unforgettable images of the young actor in both his professional and private worlds. In this picture, Dean haunts Times Square, then…

American physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer. 1958. © Philippe Halsman / Magnum Photos

Description In 1980 French Magnum photographer Raymond Depardon was commissioned by The Sunday Times Magazine to photograph Scotland’s largest city: Glasgow, on the River Clyde. The city has long been known for its architectural heritage – from its majestic Victorian squares to stern rows of tenements and brutal industrial giants – much of this building being the product of the city’s great Victorian-era wealth. However, in spite of this prosperous past and the city’s pivotal role in…

© Philippe Halsman / Magnum Photos

Rosalind Jana explores the "line between warmth and cold, between light and dark, between ease and perseverance" through the work of Magnum photographers

Josef Koudelka turned full-time to photography in 1967. The following year, he documented the Soviet invasion of Prague. He joined Magnum in 1970.

Alfred Hitchcock posing for the cover of LIFE Magazine. USA. 1962. © Philippe Halsman / Magnum Photos