Magnum Editions: Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom, Washington DC, USA, 1957 Exhibition Poster

Magnum Editions: Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom, Washington DC, USA, 1957 Exhibition PosterOn May 17th, 1957, Bob Henriques photographed crowds of over 22,000 people gathered in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D. C for the Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom. By the mid 20th century, racial tensions were running high, with frequent demonstrations demanding voting rights and school integration met with an increase in violent bombings in Black communities between 1948 and 1965. Martin Luther King, Jr., and others that followed his non

Capa’s images capture not just a great artist

who she was alleged to have had an affair with

they are primarily shot from afar

Oscar Wilde wrote of the Falls

It combines images of migration throughout various stages

He was “standing alone outside the tent smoking a cigarette

Burri was equally skilled with color

Born in Pittsburgh

During a long and distinguished career as a photographer

“‘Be careful’

Glinn photographs the trio posing in a manhole in New York at the height of their collaboration

“the relentless thunder of the Falls just calls for big passion