René Burri

Burri, René (b. 1933), Swiss photographer and film-maker, who studied at the Zurich Design School under Hans Finsler. He went freelance in 1955, travelled widely, became a full member of Magnum in 1959, and contributed to Life, Du, and other leading magazines. He is best known for ‘soft’ reportage of political conflicts and social issues worldwide, and for landscapes and portraits, including disarmingly appealing images of Che Guevara taken in Havana in 1963. In the 1970s he began working in colour, and experimented with collages. In 1984 the Zurich Kunsthaus produced a large Burri retrospective and book, One World.

— Robin Lenman

René Burri (b. Zurich, 1933) is a Swiss photographer known for his photos of major political, historical and cultural events and key figures of the second half of the 20th century.

Burri works for the Magnum Photos agency and has been photographing political, military and artistic figures and scenes since 1946. He has made portraits of Che Guevara and Pablo Picasso as well as iconic pictures of São Paulo and Brasília.

External links

• Magnum Photos profile of Burri
• Article about him
• A René Burri portfolio from Le Monde
• Audio interview with René Burri
• Ingrid, Che and Rene Burri - slideshow by The First Post
• René Burri Interview, Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, Switzerland part 1, part 2, part 3 Video at VernissageTV

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