"Magnum is a community of thought, a shared human quality, a curiosity about what is going on in the world, a respect for what is going on and a desire to transcribe it visually." – Henri Cartier-Bresson
I was recently inspired by a really interesting article on NPR, deciding to explore the massive online vault of the Magnum Agency, quite possibly the most respected collective of photographers in the world. The article explores the moral implications of photographing and incidentally disturbing a person in grief. It's a challenging scenario because the photographer has to overtake split-decision moral obstacles while on the job; that moment could be gone forever in a blink of an eye and it's your job to capture that moment. I find it amazing that these photographers were able to create, striking and more often than not, ironically beautiful tableaus, while being overwhelmed in their environment.
