When George Tames, a staff photographer for The New York Times, spotted President John F. Kennedy leaning on a table, head bowed, less than a month into his presidency, he knew what to do. He had ...
From the birth of the 35mm camera until the advent of digital photography, the contact sheet has been an inextricable, ubiquitous and essential part of the photographic process. Magnum Contact Sheets, ...
Like Instagram influencers who only post seemingly effortless picture-perfect shots, mid-20th century photographers rarely exposed their blooper reels, also known as contact sheets. Contact sheets ...