“When you grow up in a country with lots of upheaval, one tends to only look forward, to forget the past,” writes @newshatavakolian from her home in Tehran, Iran. “Suddenly, I was back in my childhood days, when every grown-up tried to make us forget there was a war going on.”⁠ ⁠ In a new visual essay titled Dispatch From Tehran, she addresses the collective trauma of war on family life and memory, combining images from the destruction caused by Israeli bombings on the city during the recent 12-day war, and a series of old family pictures from the days of her childhood, during the Iran-Iraq war.⁠ ⁠ “My entire generation hates balloons, as they might pop, don't like year-end fireworks, and we all had crooked teeth because of the stress. We would never laugh out of shame for our braces.”⁠ ⁠ 🔗 Read the full essay at the link in the @magnumphotos bio.⁠ ⁠ PHOTOS:⁠ ⁠ (1) View from a balcony. Every night we would watch the skies trying to search out the jets and the anti aircraft flares. Tehran, Iran. July 3, 2025.⁠ ⁠ (2) My mother Jila holding up my younger brother Hamidreza during a snowy day in war time.⁠ ⁠ (3) The wall of my friends house, where I found an exact copy of my mom’s wartime piece of embroidery. Tehran, Iran. July 3, 2025. ⁠ ⁠ (4) My father and us.⁠ ⁠ (5) Iranian women at the Imamzadeh Saleh Mosque in Tehran passing by the portraits of generals recently assassinated by Israel. Tehran, Iran. June 30, 2025. ⁠ ⁠ (6) My siblings and some family members playing on the shoreline of the Caspian Sea. We had all gone there for safety to stay out of reach of Saddam Hussein’s missiles from Iraq that were raining down on Tehran.⁠ ⁠ (7) The burned out editorial room of the Voice and Vision of the Islamic Republic of Iran, or Iran’s State Television. On June 16, Israeli warplanes bombed facilities of Iran’s State TV resulting in several deaths. Tehran, Iran. June 25, 2025. ⁠ ⁠ © @newshatavakolian / Magnum Photos

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Today, citizens across France gather to celebrate Bastille Day — known locally as “le 14 juillet” or “la Fête Nationale” — a national holiday that commemorates the Storming of the Bastille in 1789, marking the beginning of the French Revolution. Celebrations today include the grand military parade on the Champs-Élysées in Paris, which dates back to 1880, as well as fireworks displays and local festivities 🇫🇷⁠ ⁠ In 1936, Robert Capa photographed Bastille Day celebrations in Paris, two months after the first electoral victory of the newly formed Popular Front (Front populaire) party. Two years later, in 1938, future Magnum co-founders David Seymour and Henri Cartier-Bresson (@fondationhcb) were photographed greeting each other amidst the festivities. ⁠ ⁠ In 1984, @fondationreneburri photographed a proud cyclist wielding a large French national flag through the streets of the capital. ⁠ ⁠ PHOTOS:⁠ ⁠ (1) Celebrating Bastille Day. Paris, France. July 14, 1936. Robert Capa / International Center of Photography / Magnum Photos⁠ ⁠ (2) Celebrating the victory of the Popular Front (Front populaire), a coalition between socialists, communists and other anti-fascist parties which governed France between 1936 and 1938. Paris, France. July 14, 1936. Robert Capa / International Center of Photography / Magnum Photos⁠ ⁠ (3) Champs-Élysées. Paris, France. July 14, 1970. © Bruno Barbey / Magnum Photos⁠ ⁠ (4) 14 Juillet. Paris, France. 1984. © @fondationreneburri / Magnum Photos⁠ ⁠ (5) David "Chim" Seymour greeting Henri Cartier-Bresson. Paris, France. July 14, 1938. © David Seymour / Magnum Photos⁠ ⁠ (6) Bastille Day Parade. Paris, France. July 14, 1936. © Henri Cartier-Bresson (@fondationhcb) / Magnum Photos⁠ ⁠ (7) The parade for Bastille Day. Popular Front greeting. Champs-Élysées. Paris, France. July 14, 1936. Robert Capa / International Center of Photography / Magnum Photos⁠ ⁠ (8) National Day. Paris, France. July 14, 1952. © David Seymour / Magnum Photos

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By the book 📚⁠ ⁠ Whether found in a famous novel or a daily newspaper, humankind has long discovered joy, curiosity and refuge in reading.⁠ ⁠ Two commuters peer at newspapers back-to-back on the London Underground in a 1958 photo from Sergio Larrain.⁠ ⁠ @jeangaumy’s family cat, Miou, catches some downtime with a book at their home in Normandy, France.⁠ ⁠ A young blind girl learns to read Arabic in braille in Sabiha Çimen’s (@sabakhayr) series, Hafiz.⁠ ⁠ Comment your favorite 👇⁠ ⁠ PHOTOS:⁠ ⁠ (1) Antwerp, Belgium. 1988. © @harry_gruyaert / Magnum Photos⁠ ⁠ (2) Copacabana Beach. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 1996. © @martinparrstudio / Magnum Photos⁠ ⁠ (3) A woman learning how to read. The women sit around a circle in a long room, with a cow and a calf stabled at one end. They hold their children and read aloud or write on their chalk. They do sums as well as writing and reading. Literacy Village, Lucknow. India. 1960. © Marilyn Silverstone / Magnum Photos⁠ ⁠ (4) London, England. 1958–1959. © Sergio Larrain / Magnum Photos⁠ ⁠ (5) Subway platform. New York City, USA. 1980. © @brucedavidsonphoto / Magnum Photos⁠ ⁠ (6) Miou, the Gaumy family cat. Normandy, France. 1985. © @jeangaumy / Magnum Photos⁠ ⁠ (7) Asiye, a blind student, learns to read Arabic in braille. Her aim is to memorize the Qur’an within the next two years and become a Hafız. Istanbul, Turkey. 2020. © Sabiha Çimen (@sabakhayr) / Magnum Photos⁠ ⁠ (8) Scientist’s children. China. 1979. © @evearnoldphotographer / Magnum Photos⁠ ⁠ (9) Salvador Dali. 1954. © @philippe_halsman_official / Magnum Photos⁠ ⁠ (10) Rufino Tamayo, Mexican artist of Zapotecan Indian descent, and his wife Olga at home. Cuernavaca, Mexico. 1979. © @susanmeiselas / Magnum Photos⁠ ⁠ (11) An office worker in Pitt Street Mall reads a book in the lunch hour. Sydney, Australia. 1999. © Trent Parke (@chillioctopus) / Magnum Photos⁠ ⁠ (12) Lake Constance, Austria. 1959. © Inge Morath / Magnum Photos

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We’re looking for creators who tell the stories woven into what we wear. Magnum Photos and Textile Exchange’s annual photo competition is still open to submissions. The deadline has been extended until July 20, 2025, so click the link in our bio to find out more and apply now. This year’s theme is "Textile Transformations", which reflects how many different forms materials take, from farm to thread to fashion. While each transformation brings cultural and emotional significance, our collective appreciation of textiles often centers around the product itself, rather than where it came from, who created it, or what it has come to mean. That’s why we are looking for photographers and filmmakers interested in exploring the way we transform textiles, and how textiles in turn transform us. Submit your visual story now. Photo credit: @lindokuhle.sobekwa / Magnum Photos

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Join @enricanaj for a five-day photographic retreat on the island of Lesvos, Greece 🇬🇷 Running from September 29 to October 3, Canaj invites participants to develop a photographic project under his personal mentorship, on an ancient island that “holds the weight of so many stories,” he says. For years, Canaj has photographed migrants, shepherds and residents in Lesvos, where he has witnessed “the fragility and strength of the human spirit.” Participants have the chance to deepen their practice through one-to-one sessions with Canaj, immersive field work and feedback from fellow photographers. “In Lesvos, it’s not just about observing — it’s about being. You don’t pass through; you live with it, even if only for a while,” says Canaj. 🔗 Read more at the link in the @magnumphotos bio. PHOTOS: (1) On the Aegean coast. Lesvos, Greece. 2019. (2) A young boy on the island of Milos points a toy laser gun towards the camera. Childhood imagination meets summer evening energy. Milos, Greece. 2024. (3) Manija bathing herself in the Aegean sea. Lesvos, Greece. 2020. (4) Greece. 2022. (5) Shepherd Nikos, 60 years old. He owns a number of donkeys. Greece. 2023. © @enricanaj / Magnum Photos

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@ziedbromdhane becomes a Member of Magnum 🎉⁠ ⁠ Following the cooperative's 78th Annual General Meeting this June, Zied Ben Romdhane has become the newest full Member of Magnum. Self-taught, Ben Romdhane's debut photobook West of Life, which documents the harshness of living conditions in Tunisia's mining region of Gafsa, was published by @redhookeditions in 2018.⁠ ⁠ Currently based between Canada and Tunisia, he is in the final stages of photographing his ongoing series The Escape, a dream-like coming-of-age series around the general malaise of Tunisia’s youth. The project won the Long-Term Projects category for the Africa region in the @worldpressphoto Contest in 2024.⁠ ⁠ "Zied brings an essential voice to Magnum," said Alec Soth (@littlebrownmushroom) on this year’s voting. "His commitment to long-form storytelling and his ability to navigate the poetic and political make him a powerful addition to the cooperative."⁠ ⁠ PHOTOS:⁠ ⁠ (1) Two youths riding horses take a short excursion in the neighborhood. Douze, Tunisia. 2023.⁠ ⁠ (2) A youth playing with a dog. Tunisia. 2022.⁠ ⁠ (3) Kids playing with the sand. El Faouar, Tunisia. 2018.⁠ ⁠ (4) A young couple reunites after a period of long-distance. Tunis, Tunisia. 2023.⁠ ⁠ (5) Ants eating a lollipop. Tunisia. 2022.⁠ ⁠ (6) Young people swim in the sea. Cap Zebib, Bizerte. Tunisia. 2023.⁠ ⁠ © @ziedbromdhane / Magnum Photos

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Today marks the Dalai Lama's 90th birthday. 75 years after China’s annexation of Tibet, the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism continues to live in exile in Dharamsala, India. In honor of his 90th birthday, members of the U.S. Congress issued a bipartisan resolution in June, designating it as "A Day of Compassion."⁠ ⁠ In 1959, on assignment for Life, Marilyn Silverstone photographed the Dalai Lama’s arrival in India after he fled Lhasa during the Tibetan uprising. She then snuck onto his train to West Bengal, where crowds of Tibetan refugees welcomed him. Martine Frank pictured him holding Henri Cartier-Bresson’s (@fondationhcb) hand in 1991, two years after the leader won the Nobel Peace Prize. ⁠ ⁠ Earlier this week, the Dalai Lama announced he would have a successor after his death, continuing a 600-year-old tradition.⁠ ⁠ PHOTOS:⁠ ⁠ (1) The Dalai Lama. Delhi, India. 2015. © @raghurai.official / Magnum Photos⁠ ⁠ (2) The Dalai Lama traveled via rail from Tezpur to Siliguri (West Bengal). The train had 13 coaches and 3 tons of baggage belonging to the Dalai Lama, his staff and relatives who'd accompanied him in his flight from Tibet. India. 1959. © Marilyn Silverstone / Magnum Photos⁠ ⁠ (3) The Dalai Lama with Henri Cartier-Bresson. Dordogne, France. August 1991. © Martine Franck / Magnum Photos ⁠ ⁠ (4) His Holiness The Dalai Lama in meditation. Dharamsala, India. 2004. © @raghurai.official / Magnum Photos⁠ ⁠ (5) Tibetans visit Taiwan during the Dalai Lama's first visit to the country. Taiwan. 1997. © @chien_chi_chang / Magnum Photos⁠ ⁠ (6) The Dalai Lama greets visitors who've come to listen to his teachings. Dharamsala, India. 2015. © @raghurai.official / Magnum Photos⁠ ⁠ (7) The Dalai Lama's first visit to Taiwan. 1997. © @chien_chi_chang / Magnum Photos⁠ ⁠ (8) Part of the crowd of 3500 Tibetans gathered at Dharamsala to hear the Dalai Lama on the 10th Anniversary of the Lhasa uprising. India. 1969. © Marilyn Silverstone / Magnum Photos

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A World in Color, in partnership with Fujifilm and @mpatrimphoto, unlocks Magnum’s unseen color archives of France, the birthplace of the cooperative and of photography itself 🇫🇷⁠ ⁠ Tracing the link between memory and monument, this selection uncovers scenes by @burtglinnphoto and Inge Morath in the 1950s, a relic from Bruno Barbey’s coverage of the May 1968 uprising, Guy Le Querrec's look at avant-garde architecture, and Dennis Stock in Arles and Nice. ⁠ ⁠ From Normandy to the French Riviera, the images revisit France’s shifting society — the post-war years, times of revolt, and moments of everyday life. ⁠ ⁠ 🔗 See the full selection in the article at the link in the @magnumphotos bio. ⁠ ⁠ PHOTOS:⁠ ⁠ (1) Montmartre, France. 1958. © @burtglinnphoto / Magnum Photos⁠ ⁠ (2) Gaullist demonstration. Paris, France. May 1968. © Bruno Barbey / Magnum Photos⁠ ⁠ (3) Courseulles-sur-Mer, Normandy, France. 1983. © @fondationreneburri / Magnum Photos⁠ ⁠ (4) New Orsay Museum. Paris, France. 1986. © @ianberrymagnum / Magnum Photos⁠ ⁠ (5) French Riviera, beaches around Toulon. 1983. © @leonardfreed / Magnum Photos⁠ ⁠ (6) Forum des Cholettes, Sarcelles. France. 1972. © Guy Le Querrec / Magnum Photos⁠ ⁠ (7) Grenoble University. France. 1958. © Inge Morath / Magnum Photos⁠ ⁠ (8) The Negresco in Nice. France. 1983. © Dennis Stock / Magnum Photos⁠ ⁠ (9) Paris, France. © Gueorgui @pinkhassov / Magnum Photos⁠ ⁠ (10) Arles, France. 1979. © Dennis Stock / Magnum Photos

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“For many years, I have been obsessed with the photobook,” said @martinparrstudio. “It did not take me long to understand that the ultimate statement for a photographer was to produce a book.”⁠ ⁠ In collaboration with @museumhanmi, Magnum presents Magnum Between Pages 1943–2025, an exhibition bringing a selection of 150 Magnum photobooks together for the first time. From Henri Cartier-Bresson's (@fondationhcb) The Decisive Moment to Cristina @lademiddel’s The Afronauts, the retrospective traces the evolution of the medium that has pushed the boundaries of documentary photography and visual storytelling. ⁠ ⁠ Also on view are curations by Parr on the new generation of Magnum photobooks and Korean photographer Kyungwoo Chun on photobooks as metaphors for life.⁠ ⁠ 🔗 Discover more at the link in the @magnumphotos bio.⁠ ⁠ PHOTOS:⁠ ⁠ (1) Hospice. Val de Marne, France. 1975. © Martine Franck / Magnum Photos⁠ ⁠ (2) From the project Common Sense. Ooh La La. Holland. 1997. © @martinparrstudio / Magnum Photos⁠ ⁠ (3) Brussels, Belgium. 1932. © Henri Cartier-Bresson (@fondationhcb) / Magnum Photos⁠ ⁠ (4) Kyung-Wha Chung, Korean violinist, before her debut in London. United Kingdom. 1970. © @evearnoldphotographer / Magnum Photos⁠ ⁠ (5) Guatemala City, Guatemala. 1998. © @antoinedagata / Magnum Photos⁠ ⁠ (6) Muchachos await the counterattack by the National Guard. Matagalpa, Nicaragua. 1978. © @susanmeiselas / Magnum Photos⁠ ⁠ (7) From the project The Afronauts. Hamba. 2011. © Cristina @lademiddel / Magnum Photos

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