"THE THEATRE OF WAR"

Exhibition, Magnum Print Room, London 

September 17th - November 9th 2014

The Magnum London Print room is pleased to announce the opening of the exhibition ‘Theatre of War’ in September 2014. This exhibition will include works by the youngest of our photojournalism collective, including Peter Van Agtmael, Moises Saman, Jerome Sessini and limited edition posthumous prints by the late Tim Hetherington, who was killed covering the Libyan conflict in April 2011. The exhibition will also feature a number of vintage photographs by Magnum's founding members, from both the Spanish Civil War and WWII.

The Theatre of War addresses the subject that Tim Hetherington was exploring in his photography when he was tragically killed in Libya which is the self-conscious theatricality of the combatants he documented as they playing out their roles. 

Over the past 10 years, photojournalists have increasingly captured the attention of the art world as their powerfully affecting images cross over from news agencies to gallery and museum walls. This exhibition brings together a unique set of images which capture the protagonists of war and their stages - the territories over which these recent conflicts have raged: Liberia, Egypt, Libyia and Syria. 

Exhibition - Theatre of War

Magnum Group

Magnum Print Room. Magnum Studios. 63 Gee St. EC1V 3RS, London