Affordable Art!: the Magnum Square Print Sale

Boy. It’s been a good long while since I posted about something other than hifi and I can think of no better reason than to once again highlight the Magnum Square Print Sale.

From Magnum:

Running from October 20 to October 26, this Square Print Sale focuses on the theme of ‘Youth’. Youth is about a moment, a memory—a state of becoming. It’s the spark of firsts: the first glance, the first protest, the first fall, the first triumph. The sale features over 100 photographs chosen by the artists themselves, revealing the many faces of youth across generations and geographies.

This sale is presented in partnership with Aperture, a nonprofit publisher that leads conversations around photography worldwide, whose proceeds, in part, directly benefit the artists and support the full range of Aperture’s nonprofit publishing and educational programming in New York and worldwide.

These images are available as signed or estate-stamped, museum-quality 6×6″ prints online for one week only, priced from $110/£110/€120.⁠

Good art for a good cause. Available framed or unframed direct from Magnum.

While the subject is “Youth”, the images vary greatly and include portraits of some famous people:

Danny Clinch, Bruce Springsteen, Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, USA, 1999
Werner Bischof, Frida Kahlo in her home, La Casa Azul. Coyoacán, Mexico City, Mexico, March 8, 1954
Bob Gruen, Johnny Rotten and Sid Vicious of the Sex Pistols on a plane with an unknown little girl, flying from London to Brussels. November 1977
Philippe Halsman, Brigitte Bardot jumping. Saint-Tropez, France, 1955

As well as the non-famous (a few favorites):

Kwame Brathwaite, James Brown sign outside the Apollo Theater. Harlem, New York City, USA, 1962
Chien-Chi Chang, Youth at an all-night rave party. Hong Kong, China, 2000
Susan Meiselas, Playing marbles in the street. Granada, Nicaragua, 1978
Nanna Heitmann, Abrau Peninsula, Black Sea, Russia, 2021