 From 2015 to 2017 he was a nominee member of Magnum Photos before leaving the agency.Sean O'Hagan, writing in "The Guardian", has described the format of Pinckers' second book, "Will They Sing Like Raindrops or Leave Me Thirsty" (2014) as "sitting between conceptual and documentary, while upending expectations of each" as it "mixes documentary photography with staged scenes reminiscent of Bollywood movies.