Magnum Editions: Whitby, England, 1974 Framing:Unframed then 32 years old

then 32 years old

and Martin Luther King

Eugene Smith Award

Alec Soth’s work is rooted in the American photographic tradition that Walker Evans famously termed “documentary style

and he suddenly screamed very loudly

Magnum Editions: Whitby, England, 1974 Framing:Unframed then 32 years oldAfter a decade of travelling and living in Africa and then France, Magnum photographer Ian Berry conceived of The English as a project that would enable him to both document and rediscover the country in which he was born and grew up. It seemed like a good idea to do something on the English before my eyes got too jaded, he recalls. Returning to London in the mid 60s, he became the first contract photographer for The Observer. His images capture the