Fine Print: Mujahid guard, Near Kabul, Afghanistan, 1992 Music

Fine Print: Mujahid guard, Near Kabul, Afghanistan, 1992 MusicDescribing himself as a historian of the present, Abbas dedicated himself to documenting the political and social life of societies in conflict. In a career that spanned six decades, he covered wars and revolutions in Biafra, Bangladesh, Northern Ireland, Vietnam, the Middle East, Chile, Cuba, and South Africa during apartheid. The result of a process described by Abbas as writing with light, his images occupy a niche that spans both photojournalism

the dispossessed

and kept the lens at a constant focal length

is a damning

making pictures of the American social landscape in the streets of New England and New York

Henriques captures an intimate moment as Cartier-Bresson pauses

and I believe that I will never stop doing so

Age: Printed in 2015 by Magnum Photos Size: 24 x 30

letting him into his private world and acting as his guide to circus life

he became the first contract photographer for the Observer

Legendary photographer and founder of the International Center of Photography

New York City

as a result