Photojournalist Eve Arnold dies at age 99

January 5, 2012 11:25 AM

Eve Arnold was regarded as one of the finest photojournalists of the 20th century. Invited to join Magnum Photos in 1951 by Robert Capa, it was with Magnum that she travelled the world documenting areas of America, China, the Middle East and the United Kingdom. A master of both black & white and colour, Arnold thrived in the golden age of photojournalism, when publications gave photographers great resources and freedom to practice their art. A world-travelling photojournalist whose subjects ranged from the poor and dispossessed to Marilyn Monroe, she has died at age 99 : Her page at Magnum Photos. Images from a recent London exhibition. A 1987 audio interview, after the publication of her book of Marilyn Monroe images.
posted by spock (11 comments total)

It's too bad that publications will no longer support photographers like they used to. At the same time, with camera phones all over the place, more people are taking more photos of things that might otherwise have been missed (provided you can get past the police for example).
posted by Old'n'Busted at 12:00 PM on January 5, 2012

Or one could say, it's too bad that people will no longer support photojournalistic publications like they used to. (LIFE, LOOK).
posted by spock at 12:24 PM on January 5, 2012

Arnold's photos of Monroe have a kind of femminist solidatary about them.
posted by PinkMoose at 12:29 PM on January 5, 2012

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posted by HandfulOfDust at 12:41 PM on January 5, 2012

I just looked through this gallery at the Guardian and basically went "Wow!" fourteen times (two images are portraits of Arnold). But each Wow is a different Wow - what a range, and what an extraordinary eye!
posted by Grangousier at 1:25 PM on January 5, 2012 [1 favorite]

(it seems like every portrait photographer who ever worked for The Face wanted to do that Malcolm X shot, for example.)
posted by Grangousier at 1:26 PM on January 5, 2012

Forgot a BBC link with photos: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-16430611
posted by spock at 1:33 PM on January 5, 2012

Somehow she's eluded me until now, but these retrospectives are fantastic. Whoa.

Magnum's twitter feed is worth a follow.
posted by GodricVT at 5:13 PM on January 5, 2012

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posted by mochapickle at 7:00 PM on January 5, 2012

Boy, thanks an awful lot ! This is great ! I didn't know about her and there are so many incredibly beautiful pictures in your links. Thanks, thanks and thanks !!
posted by nicolin at 2:20 AM on January 6, 2012

Here is some more of her work.

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posted by adamvasco at 7:29 AM on January 6, 2012