The equivalent to digital nowadays is Lightroom, which allows photographers to see the contents of their SD card of what they shot during a certain period of time. It records each step along the route to arriving at an image– providing a behind-the-scenes sense of walking alongside the photographer and seeing through their eyes.”Īs Lubben explains, the contact sheet is a tool used by photographers in the days of film to look quickly at what they captured. “This contact sheet, a direct print of a roll or sequence of negatives, is the photographers’ first look at what he or she captured on film, and provides a uniquely intimate glimpse into their working process. In Magnum Contact Sheets, the editor Kristen Lubben goes more in-depth: To clarify, a contact sheet is a direct print of a roll or sequence of images shot by a photographer on film. What is a contact sheet? Henri Cartier-Bresson looking at contacts at the New York Magnum Office.
I hope this post will help you and your personal journey in photography! I know that not everyone has the ability to access the book (as it is sold-out almost everywhere across the world and it is quite expensive) so I wanted to make this post to share some of the insights I learned from the book.
The book is a hefty behemoth full of knowledge, insights, and philosophies of the Magnum photographers within. Before the days of digital, they were an invaluable tool to photographers to quickly look through and edit their work (choosing their best images).
It is a book that was put out by Thames and Hudson in the last year or so, and contains over 139 contact sheets from 69 Magnum Photographers.įor those of you who are not familiar with contact sheets, they are a direct print made from a roll or sequence of images of film. One of the most valuable books I currently have in my library is Magnum Contact Sheets.
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