R.I.P René Burri -Swiss Magnum Photographer
Photos by René Burri
Che Guevara
Havana, 1963
Performance of Bertold BRECHT’s play “Mother Courage”.1959
Martine Franck and Cartier Bresson
René Burri (9 April 1933 – 20 October 2014) was 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 worked for Magnum Photos and has been photographing political, military and artistic figures and scenes since 1946. He made portraits of Che Guevara and Pablo Picasso as well as iconic pictures of São Paulo and Brasília.