Magnum Photos is an international photographic cooperative owned by its photographer-members, with offices in New York, Paris, London and Tokyo, set up in 1947 its photographers have captured the most exciting images of the evolving modern world.
New book from Magnum and Rouleur founder, Guy Andrews is a beautifully edited visual survey of the intimate relationship between the world’s best photographers and the most exciting, multifaceted and increasingly popular sport of cycling.
This book draws upon the Magnum archive to present a celebration of the great photographers who have captured those most fugitive of moments in cycling: the personalities, emotions and human endurance. It is grouped into thematic chapters, with works by a range of photographers, showing carefully picture-edited images with discursive captions.
Each chapter also features one ‘story’ of an iconic moment, event or scene captured by a single photographer. They explore themes such as the Tour de France, track racing in the velodrome, winter training and the revelry of the fans and crowds, with images by a variety of iconic photographers, including Henri CartierBresson, Robert Capa, Guy Le Querrec and Harry Gruyaert.
