Summary
In May 1947, the legendary photographic co-operative Magnum Photos was set up by a group of famous photographers, including Robert Capa and Henri Cartier-Bresson whose work would inspire generations of photographers. Members of Magnum would go on to produce many of the most iconic images of the 20th and 21st centuries. Louise Hidalgo talks to Jinx Rodger, widow of one of the founders, George Rodger, and to Inge Bondi, who knew them all.
Photograph: US troops’ first assault on Omaha Beach during the D-Day landings, Normandy, France. June 6, 1944. (Credit: International Center of Photography/Magnum Photos. With thanks to Magnum Photos)
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| 0:36.4 | Just before this BBC podcast gets underway, here's something you may not know. |
| 0:40.9 | My name's Linda Davies and I commissioned |
| 0:43.0 | podcast for BBC Sounds. |
| 0:45.0 | As you'd expect, at the BBC we make podcasts of the very highest quality, |
| 0:49.0 | featuring the most knowledgeable experts and genuinely engaging voices. |
| 0:54.4 | What you may not know is that the BBC makes podcasts about all kinds of things like pop stars, |
| 1:00.9 | poltergeist, cricket and conspiracy theories, and that's just a few examples. |
| 1:06.4 | If you'd like to discover something a little bit unexpected, find your next podcast over at BBC |
| 1:11.6 | Sounds. Hello, you're listening to the Witness Podcast, History is Toll by the People who were there. |
| 1:17.0 | I'm Louis Adaggo, and today I'm taking you back 70 years to the birth of the legendary photographic agency Magnum |
| 1:24.1 | Photos, a cooperative set up after the Second World War by some of the most famous |
| 1:29.1 | photographers of the time. Those founders of Magnum the Chim Seymour and George Roger. I've been talking to George Roger's widow, |
| 1:44.5 | Jinks, who worked for Magnum in those early days and to Inga Bondi who knew them all. |
| 1:49.6 | What do youon described Magnum as a community of spirits. An identity |
| 1:59.9 | of lunatics, very passionate who suddenly found the world changed but wanted to |
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