Fine Print: The observatory on the 86th floor. The Empire State Building, New York City, 1950 Cornell Capa Prints A construction barrel and streaks

A construction barrel and streaks of passing headlights hint at human movement through this still

Bischof traveled in Italy and Greece for Swiss Relief

their joys

and perhaps themselves

Fine Print: The observatory on the 86th floor. The Empire State Building, New York City, 1950 Cornell Capa Prints A construction barrel and streaksGeorge Rodger was one of the founding members of Magnum in 1947. Both he and Robert Capa were contracted to Life Magazine during the war and met during the invasion of Italy. On Magnum's founding, Rodger was given the African continent as his main area of activity. This image of New York from above, taken from The Empire State Building, is believed to have been made when Rodger was in town for meetings with Magnum's New York bureau or commissioning