Magnum on Set

The Magnum agency is famous for its photos and reports from the war zones of the world. Thanks to his friendship with John Huston and a love affair with Ingrid Bergman, Magnum co-founder Robert Capa opened for Magnum the doors to the film world as well. Since the 1950s, Magnum photographers have regularly accompanied movie productions, sometimes exclusively. Twelve productions were selected for this book, documented in pictures by such famous Magnum photographers as Henri Cartier-Bresson, Eve Arnold, Elliot Erwitt, Erich Lessing, Inge Morath and Dennis Stock. The introductory essay describes the development of set photography and star portraits and provides a short summary of the plot and background of every movie.