Last Print available!
Condition: Brand New/Mint. SIGNED
The print is hand SIGNED on the back, the accompanying text label is attached to the back of the print and is of archival quality. Magnum Square Prints are printed on Fuji Crystal archive paper and come in an archival and protective sleeve.
All prints are archival quality and are approved by the photographer. Magnum worked closely with photographers and estates to ensure that all editions were presented according to their intentions.
Paper size: 6 x 6 in (15.24 x 15.24 cm)
Image Size: 5.5 in (14 cm) on the longest side
The print was issued in an un-numbered Limited Edition (limited to the number of prints purchased during the 7 days in which the sale was open to the public). It is sure to become a highly collectible photograph given the provenance linking it directly to the Magnum Photos collective and to the photographer.
Text on the archival label attached to the back of the print:
Grenada. 1979.
“As a young photographer, I was utterly committed to working exclusively in black and white, viewing color as crass and commercial—not where the true heart of photography lay. In the late 1970’s, however, after four years of photographing in the Caribbean and along the U.S.-Mexico Border, I realized that something was missing in my work: I wasn’t dealing with the intense colors and the brilliant light of these worlds, so different from the gray-brown reticence of my New England background. As a result, I started to photograph in color, and have done so ever since. This image from a smoky Grenada bar—whose vibrant red, green, and yellow are the colors of this Caribbean nation’s flag—helped show me the way. Ultimately this picture became the cover of my first book, Hot Light/Half-Made Worlds.”
— Alex Webb
The first photo is the image Magnum used during their sale, the second and third photos are of the actual print. I photographed the print through its protective sleeve which may have resulted in some glare.