Christopher anderson

“I finally understood what a picture can be about — and it’s about responding to a moment that’s important to you.” Charting his origins in war reporting to his shift into intimate personal work, the renowned Magnum photographer reflects on what drives him to create with a camera

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This fascination with the familiar isn’t a new phenomenon, says Phillip Prodger, head of photographs at the National Portrait Gallery and a former judge of the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize. “We live in a world of the free exchange of imagery and social media and perhaps the photographs that once were considered more private aren’t considered so private anymore. I think people have been making those photographs all along but perhaps not sharing them in that way."

Bleu Blanc Rouge no. 19, 20?? © Christopher Anderson. Courtesy The Ravestijn Gallery. Issue 86, A Renewed Perspective.

Marion and Atlas in the shower. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 2009. © Christopher Anderson / Magnum Photos

Christopher Anderson

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