At its annual General Meeting (AGM), held this year in Paris member owned
Magnum Photos nominated six new members: a record breaking number. They include:
Matt Black,
Carolyn Drake,
Lorenzo Meloni,
Richard Mosse,
Max Pinckers and
Newsha Tavakolina.
As of now, they are simply nominees. In two years, they will have to resubmit their work for the possibly of becoming associate members. The new nominees won’t be able to apply for full membership until 2019.
Magnum’s President, Martin Parr, noted that the organization has faith “in [its] future and [its] desire to find the best new talent that can contribute to the future of Magnum.” The company has begun to realign itself for a new generation and while the company’s main business has always been to license photographs to professionals, Magnum’s CEO, David Kogan, noted that the company is seeing “that [they] have a very large potential consumer market out there.” Kogan goes on to cite the millions of followers the company has on social media.
Besides the six new nominations this year, Photographer
Michael Christopher Brown, has gained his associated member status at the company’s 68th annual general meeting. He was originally nominated by Magnum in 2013 and is set to become a full member in 2017.
Since its inception, Magnum Photos has been holding an Annual General Meeting in either New York, London or Paris. The AGM brings together Magnum photographers, photographer estates and the agency’s international staff to discuss company business and vote on potential new members, associates and nominees.