Fine Print: Amagansett, Long Island, New York, USA, 1966

In 1955, Burri received international attention for one of his first reportages, “Touch of Music for the Deaf,” on music pedagogue Mimi Scheiblauer’s classes for deaf-mute children, published in Life magazine. Burri became an associate of Magnum in 1955 and a full member in 1959.

While traveling throughout Europe, the Middle East, Southeast and East Asia, and Latin and North America, he covered historical events, such as Leonid Brezhnev’s visit to Cuba in 1974, the 50th anniversary of the Long March in China in 1985, the fall of the Berlin Wall and events in Tiananmen Square in 1989. Among many other subjects, he portrayed Maria Callas, Alberto Giacometti, Yves Klein, Le Corbusier, and Ernesto “Che” Guevara. His portrait of the revolutionary with his cigar became known the world over.

Burri’s first book, Die Deutschen, was published by Fretz & Wasmuth in Zurich in 1962 and the following year by Robert Delpire in Paris with the title Les Allemands. In 1965, Burri participated in the creation of Magnum Films and spent six months in China, where he made the film The Two Faces of China, produced by the BBC.

Vintage gelatin silver print, printed in the 70s
Signed and titled on verso
Image size: 23.7 x 15.7 cm / 9 x 6 in
Paper size: 24.8 x 16.7 cm / 9.4 x 6.3 in

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