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Featuring prison abattoirs and Mexican rain rituals, the second in a series of three non-fungible token sales celebrates 75 years of the iconic photo agency
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Steve McCurry: Jodhpur, India, 2005
Magnum 75 is the inaugural NFT collection by Magnum Photos. Created in 2022 for the agency’s 75th anniversary year, this is the second of three instalments. The 75 NFTs were curated with Azu Nwagbogu, founder and director of the African Artists’ Foundation and director of LagosPhoto festival. Nwagbogu says: ‘The vast Magnum archive reveals so much about the history of the modern world and its unresolved global issues with regard to ecology, humanity and technology.’ The collection will be revealed on Foundation
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Mikhael Subotzky: Western Cape, South Africa, 2004
Abattoir 2 in Voorberg Prison. Subotzky became interested in photographing incarceration, and crucially, in making visible what is often hidden from wider society
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Zied Ben Romdhane: Zinder, Nigeria, 2021
In the region of Zinder, Zied Ben Romdhane spent 10 days capturing the lives, culture and habits of the people here as they grapple with climate change, malnutrition, malaria and socio-economic challenges
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Richard Kalvar: New York, US, 1968
Richard Kalvar has spent more than 50 years stalking streets, bars, parks and parties, searching for the ‘magical’ moment when composition, framing and subject align and an entire universe is created in a single frame
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W Eugene Smith: Silver Lake, US, 1958
Smith said: ‘A photo is a small voice, at best, but sometimes one photograph can lure our senses into awareness. Much depends upon the viewer; in some, photographs can summon enough emotion to be a catalyst to thought’
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Chien-Chi Chang: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 2003
A couple presents proof of identity and marriage so that the bride can get a visa to Taiwan. Chien-Chi Chang says: ‘Still images can be moving and moving images can be still. Both meet within soundscape’
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Bob Henriques: New York, 1961
Azu Nwagbogu selected images that resonated with him as an exercise of simplicity and enjoyment for the image and the moment. Here we see American actress Katharine Hepburn during the filming of A Long Day’s Journey Into Night, directed by Sidney Lumet
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Jonas Bendiksen: Kurigram District, Bangladesh, 2010
Moving the community mosque threatened by river erosion. In this flood-prone area, buildings are built so they are able to be dismantled and moved in a single day
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Lorenzo Meloni: Palmyra, Syria, 2016
Inside the historic city of Palmyra, retaken from Islamic State. Here a Syrian soldier removes his helmet, sitting on the rubble of the former Temple of Bel, one of several sites in ancient Palmyra destroyed by IS militants
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Jérôme Sessini: Detroit, US, 2017
Celebrating a child’s birthday in East Detroit. ‘I don’t like rigid categories,’ says Sessini. ‘Sometime there is art in journalism and journalism in art. Conscience, heart, beauty, balance and loss of balance are essentials for me’
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Nanna Heitmann: Moscow, Russia, 2020
Heitmann says: ‘Life in my neighbourhood, surrounded by Soviet skyscrapers, has always been anonymous. Many neighbours left for the countryside to stay at their summer homes. I started to observe the ones who stayed. I noticed this dog; he changed his outfit, seemingly to fit to the situation. He takes a walk at least three times a day. Sometimes in the company of a woman, sometimes in the company of a man’
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Carl De Keyzer: Ghent, Belgium, 1986
Dancing at a university student ball. Azu Nwagbogu says: ‘Photography keeps on adding layers of complexity in its creation, reading and visibility. This selection serves as a reminder of how simple the joy of looking at a beautiful image can be and how satisfying it is to make it’
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Raymond Depardon: Paris, France, 1988
François Mitterrand on television during the French presidential campaign of 1988
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Olivia Arthur: Stommeln, Germany, 2013
Arthur is known for her in-depth images examining people and their personal and cultural identities. She says: ‘For me, part of the power of still photography is the ambiguousness of pictures, the ability to give a hint about a scene or event without being too absolute’
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Yael Martínez: Guerrero, Mexico, 2017
In Guerrero, ancestral Mesoamericans see blood and rain as sacred and still perform pre-Hispanic ceremonies. This picture documents the rituals and sacrifices of these communities while – by combining photography with drawing – not violating their practices
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Paolo Pellegrin: Baghdad, Iraq, 2003
US marines camp at one of Saddam Hussein’s main palaces
