{"id":24504,"date":"2025-04-23T15:51:25","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T13:51:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/caurette.com\/graphic-novels\/magnum-generations-2\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T17:23:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T15:23:18","slug":"magnum-generations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/caurette.com\/en\/graphic-novels\/magnum-generations\/","title":{"rendered":"Magnum Generation(s)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Jean-David MORVAN, Arnaud LOCQUET, ScieTronc, Rafa\u00ebl ORTIZ, Hiroyuki OOSHIMA<\/h2>\n<\/div>

Best Graphic Novel or Comic in Journalism and Reporting in 2023 (France Info)<\/b><\/span><\/h2><\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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The project <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b>Magnum Generation(s)<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/h1>\n<\/div>

At the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, as the shadow of fascism was spreading around the world, Robert Capa<\/a><\/b>, <\/span>Gerda Taro<\/a><\/strong>, <\/span>Henri Cartier-Bresson<\/a><\/b>, <\/span>George Rodger<\/a><\/b> et <\/span>David Seymour<\/a><\/b><\/span>went into the field to witness events that would shake world history, sharing what they saw with those who could not be there, thereby defining the raison d\u2019\u00eatre of the photo reporter.<\/p>\n

In support of their undertaking, and aspiring to greater things, they would set up the famous Magnum Photos cooperative<\/b>. They were courageous and devoted to each other in the heart of conflicts, where they would go to find and reveal the truth<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The English version of Magnum Generation(s) will soon be launched on Kickstarter.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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“If your pictures aren\u2019t good enough, you\u2019re not close enough.\u201d Robert Capa <\/span><\/p><\/h1><\/span>

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A graphic novel\u2026 and more!<\/h1>\n<\/div>

Rediscover iconic images and the history of Magnum Photos<\/h2>\n<\/div>

Magnum Photos is a photographic cooperative<\/b> founded in New York in 1947 and some of the world\u2019s greatest photographers<\/b> have taken the most iconic images in the history of photojournalism<\/b> within its esteemed periphery.<\/p>\n

Published in close collaboration with Magnum Photos, Magnum Generation(s)<\/i> includes a portfolio of 73 photos:<\/b> one for each of the agency\u2019s photographers. Since 1936, when Robert Capa\u2019s lens eternally captured the dignity of a dying Spanish Republican mortally wounded by a bullet, until 2022, when Emin \u00d6zmen photographed Turkish children playing on the roof of an almost submerged mosque, there has been a secret complicity binding the common humanity of all countries and generations as they play, rebel, embrace, love and laugh. In short, from the immediate proximity of where they stand, they make and reveal the course of history. l\u2019histoire.<\/p>\n

The book concludes with a 14-page dossier in which Clara Bouveresse offers an ardent but uncompromising history of the agency, from its inception to the present day. Weare privy to the agency\u2019s constant attempts to overcome its limitations and major contradictions, the discussions and also the conflicts that propel it ever forward, and the evolution of its principles and organization.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Hardcover<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/span>Pages: 248<\/span>
\n<\/span>Size: 218 x 280 mm<\/span>
\n<\/span>Language : Available in English and French<\/span>
\n<\/span>Price: \u20ac29,90<\/span>
\n<\/span>ISBN EN : 978-2-38289-067-7 (anglais)<\/span>
\n<\/span>ISBN EN : 978-2-38289-067-7 (anglais)<\/span>
\n<\/span>Release date: November 2, 2022
\n<\/span>Best Graphic Novel or Comic in Journalism and Reporting in 2023 (France Info)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n


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From left to right: Jean-Christophe Caurette (editor), Hiroyuki Ooshima (color), \u00c9lo\u00efse de la Maison (documentation), Jean-David Morvan (script), Rafa\u00ebl Ortiz (drawing), Steren (color), Arnaud Locquet (drawing), ScieTronc (drawing). <\/span>A whole host of people have worked on this production, and they\u2019re all mentioned in the book.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

Magnum Generation(s) is a project initiated by scriptwriter Jean-David MORVAN<\/b> who has already produced a number of books skilfully blending comics and photography, working with big names photographers such as Steve McCurry<\/b> and Abbas<\/b>, and international illustrators such as Korea’s Kim Jung Gi<\/a><\/b> and Argentina\u2019s Rafa\u00ebl Ortiz<\/b>.<\/p>\n

With his passion for photography, he has managed to capture the intensity and emotion of the early years of the Magnum agency, while guiding his readers at a steady pace, without ever falling into didacticism through the upheavals of the twentieth century.<\/p>\n

Drawing is by Arnaud Locquet, ScieTronc and Rafa\u00ebl Ortiz, with Hiroyuki Ooshima as colorist.<\/p>\n<\/div>

As a bonus, you can watch our french 5-minute video:<\/p>\n<\/div>