Magnum Photographers are Bad

Published: 16 December 2022
on channel: Eric Kim

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Something I’ve realized; Magnum photographers are bad. While they do make great photographs, I have never met a happy Magnum photographer.
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 Henri Cartier Bresson 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.

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.

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.

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’t want to be the sheep, do you want to become the wolf.

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