Rene Burri Photographs

by Burri, Rene

• ISBN13: 9780714843155
• ISBN10: 0714843156
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-03-01
• Publisher: Phaidon Press

Summary

Achieving initial recognition with the seminal photo-essay "Die Deutschen" in962, Rene Burri has maintained the vantage point of "unassuming reporter"hroughout his career. His egalitarian approach to photography has allowedim access to many events and people who remain elusive to the rest of us.fter joining the photo agency Magnum in the late 1950s, Burri travelledxtensively around the world from the Middle East to South America and thereadth of his travels is fully represented in this comprehensive book.;ncluded are key moments in Burri's career, such as his 1960s portraits ofamous artists like Picasso, Giacometti and Le Corbusier which he took for "u" magazine. It was around this same time that he took the photograph usedor the now iconic poster of Che Guevara smoking a cigar. Since the 1960s,urri photographed war zones such as Cambodia and Vietnam and made films forhe BBC. A contemporary of Henri Cartier-Bresson, Burri takes photographsith a unique warmth and egalitarianism that distinguishes him from his peers."Rene Burri Photographs" is the culmination of several years of scholarly

Author Biography

Hans-Michael Koetzle is a writer, photography critic and curator of several internationally acclaimed exhibitions. He is also the editor in chief of the award-winning magazine Leica World, and the author of numerous books and articles on the history and aesthetics of photography. Koetzle currently lives and works in Munich.