A world view from behind the camera.

• Position: Focus on the World; Magnum photography exhibition - Brief article

Sweeping views of world history as well as more intimate images of individuals and societies are featured in the exhibition, "In Our Time: The World as Seen by Magnum Photographers." These 100 black-and-white stills help celebrate more than 50 years of one of the most renowned international photographic agencies.

This exhibition looks at the work of some of the best documentary photographers of the 20th century, including Magnum founders Henri Cartier-Bresson, George Rodger, Robert Capa, and David Seymour, as well as noted contemporary standouts like Sebastiao Salgado, James Nachtwey, and Susan Meiselas.

Organized by the George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film, Rochester, N.Y., the exhibition features the work of 50 individuals who covered numerous momentous events of the recent past: World War II, Vietnam, the Civil Rights Movement, the sectarian strife in Northern Ireland, political upheaval in the...