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Presented with the Magnum Photos Archive and edited by John Jacob, Analog Recovery has run in five issues of Esopus. For each installment, Esopus publishes a recovered portfolio—accompanied by artifacts (such as contact sheets and distribution materials) reproduced in facsimile—by one of the many acclaimed photographers who used the Magnum Photos analog distribution system.
Analog Recovery 5: Durex Versus AIDS
Photographs by Stuart Franklin
Documenting condom production in the early days of the AIDS crisis.
Analog Recovery 4: Starry Night
Photographs by Dennis Stock
Stunning photographs of the 1954 premiere of A Star is Born
Analog Recovery 3: Rosita's Pigeons
Photographs by Burt Glinn
Images from a lauded Magnum photographer's 1949 portfolio
Analog Recovery 2: Home Studio
Photographs by Erich Hartmann
Never-before-seen early portraits from the Magnum photographer
Analog Recovery 1: Bal d’Hiver
Photographs by Inge Morath
Images from a 1955 Paris charity ball; first in a series presented with the Magnum Foundation.