Magnum Streetwise通过照片和实践，帮助定义了什么是街头摄影。像亨利·卡蒂埃-布列松这样的马格南摄影家，在街道摄影这个术语被创造出来之前，就开创了“现代”概念。但它们的影响远非历史性的。时至今日，在马格南的中心地带仍有大量的街头摄影作品，其中既有公认的街头摄影大师的作品，如埃维特、帕尔、吉尔登和卡尔瓦的作品，也有那些甚至不认为自己是街头摄影师的人的作品;这种持续的影响并没有被新一代的街头摄影师和粉丝所忽视。

Ambitious in scope, democratic in nature, Magnum Streetwise is an unmissable tour through the photographs and practices that have helped define what street photography is and can be. Magnum photographers such as Henri Cartier-Bresson pioneered ‘modern’ concepts of street photography before the term was even coined. But their influence is far from historic. A rich seam of street photography runs through the heart of Magnum to this day, both in the work of recognized masters of street photography – such as Erwitt, Parr, Gilden and Kalvar – and of those who might not even consider themselves street photographers; a continued influence that has not gone unnoticed among the current generation of budding street photographers and fans.