His photographs have made history: his work serves as a mirror of politics and society, reflecting the turning points, triumphs, and crises of the past half-century. Whether it is the portrait of Winston Churchill by the 15-year-old Burri or his later depictions of Che Guevara, Fidel Castro, Richard Nixon, Anwar Sadat, or Muammar al-Gaddafi, all have traveled the world and taken root in the collective consciousness. . Burri’s images of the theater of war, of people suffering from poverty and calamity, are far from sensationalism but no less striking. And as if to contain such horrors, Burri turned his lens with equal intensity toward the realms of beauty and creativity: toward the landscapes of Latin America, toward great artists such as Picasso and Maria Callas, and toward architectural luminaries such as Le Corbusier and Oscar Niemeyer.
Published by Steidl, 2016
306 pages, 8.9 cm 12.8 cm, 6.1 kg., in very good condition
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His photographs have made history: his work serves as a mirror of politics and society, reflecting the turning points, triumphs, and crises of the past half-century. Whether it is the portrait of Winston Churchill by the 15-year-old Burri or his later depictions of Che Guevara, Fidel Castro, Richard Nixon, Anwar Sadat, or Muammar al-Gaddafi, all have traveled the world and taken root in the collective consciousness. . Burri’s images of the theater of war, of people suffering from poverty and calamity, are far from sensationalism but no less striking. And as if to contain such horrors, Burri turned his lens with equal intensity toward the realms of beauty and creativity: toward the landscapes of Latin America, toward great artists such as Picasso and Maria Callas, and toward architectural luminaries such as Le Corbusier and Oscar Niemeyer.
Published by Steidl, 2016
306 pages, 8.9 cm 12.8 cm, 6.1 kg., in very good condition
ISBN
