'Close Enough' in Berlin: Intimacy explored by 12 Magnum women photographers

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'Close Enough' in Berlin: Intimacy explored by 12 Magnum women photographers   The Magnum photo agency is showing exclusively the work of 12 women photographers at C/O Berlin's Amerika Haus which asks visitors to decide if the artists are "close enough".  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/11/09/close-enough-in-berlin-intimacy-explored-by-12-magnum-women-photographers  Spark your senses, wake your wonder. Euronews Culture seeks to show creativity in action and inspire our audience to explore the world through the five senses. Start your journey through the best of Europe's arts, gastronomy, traditions and high-end craftsmanship.

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00:00To mark its 75th anniversary, the Magnum Agency is exclusively showcasing the work of female photographers.

00:10Visitors to CO Berlin can see when they think it is close enough.

00:15It is for us an important exhibition because it shows the change that the agency has made over the years.

00:26That we also develop together with the time,

00:31by taking young photographers every year in the agency.

00:37One of these voices is Nusha Tavakolian from Iran.

00:40For her, a picture often begins with a long conversation.

00:44At first only we had to talk for hours to try to understand each other

00:51and then find a common ground and then they kind of gave me permission to portrait them.

00:59Tavakolian wants to freeze time with her portraits.

01:03You freeze a moment and then you give the viewers a possibility

01:09to look at what you capture as long as they want to.

01:17It's not about the privilege of an expensive camera.

01:20Now everybody has this tool in their hand and it's not about being privileged or not.

01:27It's about what you have to say.

01:30That's exactly what the exhibition shows.

01:32Stories told in series of images instead of words.

01:37It's about people on the whole world, in their communities.

01:44It's about politics, about society, about time history.

01:49And that's what we can't tell with our phone pictures.

01:57Close enough, a view of the world through the eyes of Magnum photographers

02:01is on display at CO Berlin until January 28th.

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