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A Brief Visual History in the Time of ISIS by Magnum Photographers
Curator’s Note by Peter van Agtmael

This is the first in an occasional series of publications entitled “Magnum Chronicles.” History and how we interpret it is constantly in flux, but there are moments that demand thoughtful reflection without expectation of definitiveness. Magnum Chronicles allows us to react to critical issues with a timeliness that is difficult in a full length book.
The rise and seeming fall of the Islamic State is the most recent chapter in an era of unraveling in the Middle East. ISIS has captured the... 

Moises Saman 2016

IRAQ. Khalidiyah. 2016. A man walks along a desert road near... 

Inge Morath 1956

SYRIA. Palmyra. 1956. 

George Rodger 1966

SYRIA. Palmyra. General view of the ruins of Palmyra. A man on... 

George Rodger 1941

SYRIA. Damascus. Officers of the Indian Army discover the Vichy... 

Harry Gruyaert 1995

Town of Hama. 1995. 

Alex Majoli 2003

SYRIA. Damascus. Photo of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in... 

Larry Towell 2001

USA. NYC. 9/11/2001. A dazed man picks up a paper that was blown... 

Alex Majoli 2003

IRAQ.Baghdad. People burning and troughing stones at Saddam Poster.... 

Alex Majoli 2003

SYRIA. Damascus. Anti-war protest. Close to 100,000 people took... 

Moises Saman 2008

IRAQ. Anbar Province, Iraq. June 2008. A Sunni militiaman at... 

Thomas Dworzak 2005

IRAQ. Taji Airbase, Baghdad. January 2005. Abu Ghraib prisoner... 

Collection Martin Parr 2010

MARTIN PARR COLLECTION. Watch Depicting Assad of Syria. 2010.... 

Collection Martin Parr 2004

Martin Parr Collection. Saddam Hussein Watch. 2004. 

Collection Martin Parr 2010

MARTIN PARR COLLECTION. Osama Bin Laden Hot Sauce. 2014. 

Moises Saman 2014

IRAQ. Kurdistan. November 28, 2014. A Yazidi woman combs her... 

Moises Saman 2012

TURKEY. March 2, 2012. Along the Turkish-Syrian border in Hatay... 

Jerome Sessini 2015

SERBIA. Horgos. August 12, 2015. 
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Newsha Tavakolian 2015

SYRIA. Qamishlou. Rojava. A wedding dress placed outside a bridal... 

Moises Saman 2015

IRAQ. Sinjar. November 18, 2015. The abandoned home of an alleged... 

Alex Majoli 2015

Scene #0410.
GREECE. Lesbos. Mytilene. 2015. Refugees and migrants... 

Newsha Tavakolian 2015

SYRIA. Semalka Border. Rojava. Torin Khairegi, 18, in Zinar base.... 

Carolyn Drake 2016

USA. Boise, Idaho. 2016. 
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Paolo Pellegrin 2016

IRAQ. Fallujah. 2016. A chain in an ISIS prison where prisoners... 

Moises Saman 2014

IRAQ. Kirkuk. 2014. Destroyed vehicles litter a hill at the eastern... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2016

IRAQ. 2016. Soldiers of the 9th Iraqi armored division stand... 
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Alessandra Sanguinetti 2016

FRANCE. Nice. 2016. Promenade des Anglais twenty-four hours later.... 

Alessandra Sanguinetti 2016

FRANCE. Nice. 2016. A neighbor, who did not want to be identified,... 
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Peter van Agtmael 2017

Iraq. Erbil. 2017. Adnan Thanon Younis, 53 years old, was blinded... 

Martin Parr 2013

GB. Wales. Llandudno. Bank Holiday. 2013. 

Newsha Tavakolian 2016

TURKEY. Istanbul. June, 2016. Ghassem, 20 years old, used to... 

Peter van Agtmael 2015

USA. Aurora, Illinois. 2015. Mahmoud al-Haj Ali shops at Cer-... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2015

GREECE. Lesbos. 2015. The rough Aegean sea at night as seen by... 

Emin Ozmen 2013

SYRIA, Aleppo, Ehtemlat. 2013. A soldier from Assad's regime... 

Mark Power 2015

France. Paris. Rue de la Fontaine-au-Roi. 'La Casa Nostra' restaurant.... 

Mark Power 2015

Jordan. Near Mafraq. Za'atari Syrian Refugee Camp. Play-mat outside... 

Collection Martin Parr 2010

MARTIN PARR COLLECTION. Saddam Hussein Watch. 2010. 

Collection Martin Parr 2004

Martin Parr Collection. Osama bin Laden Watch. 2004. 

Collection Martin Parr 2004

Martin Parr Collection. Saddam Hussein Watch. 2004. 

UME 2007

SYRIA. Palmyra. 
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Collection LM 2015

SYRIA. Kobani / Kobane (Arabic: Ayn al Arab). January 2015. Photo... 
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