Joel Coen’s “The Tragedy of Macbeth” is, among other things, visually gripping, a stark, haunting dreamscape that often seems to exist outside of time. While the film is carried by Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand, much has been made — justifiably — of Kathryn Hunter’s eerily limber witch: you can’t look away as she bends and contorts, calling to mind a real-life Smeagol. Read More...
Joseph Awuah-Darko is a Ghanaian artist, musician, and curator, as well as a collector of contemporary African and diaspora art. He was born in the United Kingdom. Kehinde Wiley is known for his portraits of former President Barack Obama for the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery. He was born in Los Angeles to a Nigerian father and an African American mother. He identifies as a gay man. ADVERTISEMENT Read More...
Magnum Photos, the agency that nurtured well-established photographers such as Robert Capa and Henri Cartier-Bresson, is looking to regain its prestige, banking on the large consumer market to expand its brand.
Almost two years after one agency official prematurely announced the launch of a membership scheme for its community of followers, the plan is now back on track – starting with a new website, unveiled earlier this month.
“Magnum’s core business over the years has been to license its photographs to the professional marketplace, and that’s what the revamp of the website is supposed to improve and enhance,” Magnum’s CEO David Kogan tells TIME. Read More...
