Magnum Poster: Nicaragua, 1978 Portraiture "I transitioned to digital color

"I transitioned to digital color photography 12 years ago

By the time he died in Munich in 1975

Swiss photographer Werner Bischof’s images of 1950s America opened up a new way to see the world

who convinced him to work as a contributor to Magnum

and at time when he

Magnum Poster: Nicaragua, 1978 Portraiture "I transitioned to digital colorA figure peers through the mesh of a traditional Monimb dance mask in this 1978 scene from Nicaragua. Once part of Indigenous ceremonies, the masknow painted with a solemn visagewas repurposed by Sandinista rebels during the fight against Somoza to conceal their identities while drawing strength from cultural tradition. Clutching barbed wire and wearing a crimson headscarf, the masked figure embodies both defiance and deep rooted heritage. Featured in