Non fai solo una fotografia con una macchina fotografica. Tu metti nella fotografia tutte le immagini che hai visto, i libri che hai letto, la musica che hai sentito, e le persone che hai amato. (Ansel Adams)
ITALY. 1956. Sicily. Town of Leonforte.BRAZIL. Rio de Janeiro. 1960. Ministry of Health, planned by architect Oscar NIEMEYER.Saigon. Near Than Son Nut. A prostitute standing at the entrance to a brothel, frequented by GIs.FRANCE. Provence Alpes Côte d’Azur. Alpes Maritimes. Cannes. 1957. Villa “La Californie”, Spanish painter Pablo PICASSO.CUBA. Havana. Ministry of Industry. Ernesto Guevara (Che), Argentinian politician, Minister of industry (1961-1965) during an exclusive interview in his office.FRANCE. Paris. The Eiffel Tower. 1950.FRANCE. Paris. 1994. Clothilde 8 months pregrant before the birth of her son Leon Ulysse.ITALY. Lombardia region. Town of Milan. 1953. Palazzo Reale. PICASSO exhibition showing “Guernica”. This monumental canvas which became an international symbol of the Spanish Republican cause. The city was completely destroyed by an air raid on the 29th April 1937, it was claimed that the bombing had not been done by the Nationalist forces, but by the Condor Legion of the German air force under the direction of Franco’s government.Spring fantasia.Newlyweds on 42nd street.Havana 1963. Ministry of industry. Portrait of Ernesto GUEVARA (Che), Argentinian politician (1928-1967). Doctor, companion of Fidel CASTRO (1956-1959), minister of industry. He developped revolutionary elements in Latin America, and participated in Bolivian guerillia warfare during which he was captured and later died.MEXICO. Mexico City. Tacubaya. House of Luis BARRAGAN, Mexican architect. 1969.Naguib MAHFOUZ, Egyptian writer and Nobel prize recipient.The Pampa. Gauchos at work.
Renè Burri
I killed my mentor!
In those days Henri Cartier-Bresson limited us to lenses from 35 mm to 90 mm. When I showed him the photos he said,
‘brilliant René!’ I went outside and shouted ‘Hah!’ He heard me and said ‘what was that?’ I said, ‘nothing, never mind’. The lens I used was 180 mm – I never told him! At that point I broke loose from my mentor. I killed my mentor!” – Rene Burri
