Contact Sheet Print: Malcolm X, 1961 Limited Edition I saw the situation and

I saw the situation and I said

its long neck rising above the traffic like an unbothered commuter

With an introduction by Fred Ritchin and texts by Carole Naggar

not for any particular assignment

all of which are explored with a penetrating irony

Contact Sheet Print: Malcolm X, 1961 Limited Edition I saw the situation andLIFE magazine assigned Eve Arnold to document the controversial and intensely charismatic Malcolm X. For nearly a year, Arnold followed the activist, from Washington to New York to Chicago. This contact sheet features intimate portraits of Malcolm X visiting enterprises owned by Black Muslims. Eve Arnold first became associated with Magnum Photos in 1951, and became a full member in 1957.