My first look at Magnum Streetwise. The ultimate collection of Street Photography.

Stephen Mclaren gives us an intriguing vision of Magnum photographers and their street photography works.

There are irresistible offers on the Internet, some of these so convenient that, when you see a price reported on an object, for months in your wishlist, immediately take your credit card and with a satisfaction clearly visible on your face, you buy it, without remorses.

Magnum Streetwise was a good occasion. I saw the offer during Christmas Days. I thought was a good idea to buy this book, much quoted by street photography amateurs during these months, and also positively reviewed on Amazon.

I studied Magnum Photos history and its creators. Henri-Cartier Bresson is one of my favorites photographers. He has changed my life, opening my mind to the magical benefits of Street Photography. This book had to be bought.

Stephen Mclaren, the book’s editor, opens the volume with this important phrase:

The cornerstone of what is now known as street photography — the impulse to take candid, unrehearsed pictures in the public realm — has been part of Magnum’s DNA since its foundation in 1947.