{"id":459676,"date":"2022-12-16T12:54:17","date_gmt":"2022-12-16T17:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=459676"},"modified":"2022-12-16T13:17:15","modified_gmt":"2022-12-16T18:17:15","slug":"magnum-photographers-are-bad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2022\/12\/16\/magnum-photographers-are-bad\/","title":{"rendered":"Magnum Photographers are Bad"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Magnum Photographers are Bad\" width=\"1180\" height=\"664\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zKKI7H60hUg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Something I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve realized; Magnum photographers are bad. While they do make great photographs, I have never met a happy Magnum photographer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It seems the bias in Magnum is everyone is seeking to become supreme, yet, petty rivalry and jealousy and envy detract everybody. Let us also consider, even though <a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/04\/eric-kim-critique-on-henri-cartier-bresson\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"260827\">Henri Cartier Bresson<\/a> was one of the founding members of Magnum, it seemed in his later years he kind of ditched it. And also distanced himself from it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1339\" data-attachment-id=\"459690\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2022\/12\/16\/magnum-photographers-are-bad\/170418af-3cc4-4d8b-b0ec-413b23eec494\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/170418AF-3CC4-4D8B-B0EC-413B23EEC494.webp?fit=1000%2C1339&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1000,1339\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"Magnum contact sheet Henri Cartier bresson myth of the decisive moment\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/170418AF-3CC4-4D8B-B0EC-413B23EEC494.webp?fit=1000%2C1339&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/170418AF-3CC4-4D8B-B0EC-413B23EEC494.webp?resize=1000%2C1339&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-459690\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/170418AF-3CC4-4D8B-B0EC-413B23EEC494.webp?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/170418AF-3CC4-4D8B-B0EC-413B23EEC494.webp?resize=768%2C1028&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/170418AF-3CC4-4D8B-B0EC-413B23EEC494.webp?resize=920%2C1232&amp;ssl=1 920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Henri Cartier Bresson <a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/03\/10-things-street-photographers-can-learn-from-magnum-contact-sheets\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"8966\">Contact Sheet<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And the funny thing is that it seems nowadays, everyone wants to become a part of Magnum. That it is seen as having the most supreme prestige and rank. Yet, no. Any sort of collective is base and servile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In fact, I do not wish Magnum membership upon even my worst enemy. Why? It seems that anyone who becomes a part of Magnum becomes more miserable, more unhappy, and less free. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What is the supreme? That you are a solo artist, a solo photographer. Eschew any desires for any collective anything, collective, the herd is bad. Imagine Magnum like a bunch of pretentious sheep with cameras. You don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t want to be the sheep, do you want to become the <a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2022\/12\/13\/become-the-wolf-2\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"458833\">wolf<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Something I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve realized; Magnum photographers are bad. 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