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Biography |
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1949 - 1953 |
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Enrolls in Arts and Crafts School, Zürich, and studies photography under Hans Finsler |
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1954 |
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Completes military service and documents this experience in photography
Works at the atelier of the graphic artist Josef Müller-Brockmann
1954 First photo-essay on deaf-mute children published in Science & Vie |
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1956 |
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Becomes a member of Magnum |
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1959 |
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Full membership at Magnum
Publishes in Life, Look, Stern, Paris-Match, Sunday Times and New York Times |
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1961 - 1965 |
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Photo reports for Time, Life, Vogue, Sun, National Geographic and Paris-Match |
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1965 |
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Travels to China and works on BBC-documentory The Two Faces of China |
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1967 |
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Travels to the USA, Brazil and Mexico |
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1968 |
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Reports on the apartheid in South Africa for "Réalités" |
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1969 |
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Begins work on a series on Modern Architecture for the Daily Telegraph Magazine |
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1970 |
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Wins Zürich Film Prize |
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1973 |
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Travels to Vietman and takes photographs |
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1982 |
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Becomes the president of Magnum, Paris |
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1994 - 1995 |
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Works as cinematographer for Walt Disney Switzerland |
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1998 |
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Awarded the Dr. Erich-Salomon-Preis der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Photographie |
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1999 - 2009 |
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Continues to document important socio-political and historical events through photography |
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Lives and works in Paris |
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Exhibitions |
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2009 |
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Un mundo- Museo de Arte del Banco de la República - Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango, Santafé de Bogota (solo) |
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2008 |
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Retrospective, Centro Cultural Borges, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
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2008 |
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Cuba; Clamor, grito y amor, Galerie Esther Woerdehoff, Paris |
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2007 |
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Un Mundo, Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso, Mexico D.F. |
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2007 |
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Clamor, grito y amor - Galerie Esther Woerdehoff, Paris (solo) |
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2006 |
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Retrospective 1950 - 2000 - Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester (England) (solo) |
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2006 |
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Un Mundo, Museo de Bellas Artes, La Havana, Cuba |
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2006 |
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Utopia - Leica Galerie Wien Westlicht, Vienna (solo) |
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2006 |
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Le Corbusier/Burri: dialogue - Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris, France |
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2005 - 2006 |
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Museum of History, Fribourg, Germany |
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2005 - 2006 |
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Der Austellungsraum Klingental, Basel, Switzerland |
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2005 - 2006 |
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Utopia - Leica Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic, Hermès Gallery, Berlin, Germany |
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2005 - 2006 |
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Utopia, Hermès Gallery, Los Angeles, USA |
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2005 |
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Photos of Jean Tinguely & Co, Museum Tinguely, Basel (solo) |
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2005 |
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Utopia – Architecture et Architecte, Ausstellungsraum Klingental, Basel (solo) |
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2004 - 2005 |
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Retrospective – Arengario, Milan, Italy, Museum fur Gestaltung, Zurich, Switzerland |
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2004 - 2005 |
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Retrospektive, Maison européenne de la Photographie, Paris, France |
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2004 - 2005 |
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Retrospektive, C/O Gallery, Berlin, Germany |
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2004 - 2005 |
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Retrospektive, Musée de l'Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland |
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2004 - 2005 |
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Retrospektive, Palazzo Reale, Milan, Italy |
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2004 |
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Utopia – Architecture et Architecte, Hermès Gallery, New York; Leica Gallery, Prague (solo) |
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2004 |
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Rétrospective 1950–2000, Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris (solo) |
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2003 |
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Die Deutschen - Haus der Fotografie, Burghausen, Germany |
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2002 |
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Berner Blitz, Galerie Karrer, Zürich (solo) |
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2000 |
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Luis Barragan - Architekturmuseum, Basel, Switzerland;Institut d'Architecture de France, Paris, France |
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1998 |
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77 Strange Sensations, Villa Tobler, Zürich (solo)
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1997 |
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Che, Fnac-Forum, Paris; Galerie R. Mangisch, Zürich (between 1997 and 2001 also in Barcelona, Lille, Lisbon) (solo) |
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1995 |
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Le Paris de René Burri, Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris (solo) |
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1994 |
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Dialogue avec Le Corbusier, Museo de arte moderno de Medellín, Medellín (1995 also in Curitiba, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Brasília and in Lima) (solo) |
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1987 |
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Dans la familiarité de Corbu, Le Musée de l’Elysée, Lausanne (solo) |
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1987 |
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An American Dream, International Center of Photography, New York (solo) |
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1984 - 1985 |
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One World, Berner Photo-Galerie, Berne (solo) |
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1984 - 1985 |
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One World, Centre National de la Photographie and Palais de Tokyo, Paris (solo) |
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1984 - 1985 |
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One World, Musée des arts décoratifs, Lausanne (between 1985 and 1995 also in in Havanna, New York, New-Delhi, Bratislava and in Ostrava) (solo) |
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1984 - 1985 |
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One World, Kunsthaus Zürich, Zürich (solo) |
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1984 |
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One World - Centre de la Photographie, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France; Kunsthaus, Zurich, Switzerland; Musée de l'Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland |
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1982 |
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Terre de Guerre - Paris, France |
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1980 - 1981 |
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Die Deutschen, Folkwang Museum, Essen (solo)
Galerie Rudolf Kicken, Cologne (solo)
Galerie Nagel, Berlin (solo) |
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1972 |
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Retrospective, Raffi Photo Gallery, New York (solo)
Il Diaframma, Milan (solo) |
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1971 |
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50 Photographies de René Burri , Galerie Rencontre, Paris (solo) |
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1970 |
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Die Deutschen - Rudolf Kicken, Cologne, Germany |
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1967 |
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Retrospective, Art Institute, Chicago (solo) |
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1966 |
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China, Galerie Form, Zürich (solo) |
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Literature |
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2009 |
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Blackout New York, Moser Verlag München |
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2004 |
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Che Guevara Cigar Box, Phaidon Press Ltd, UK |
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2004 |
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René Burri Photographs, Phaidon Press Ltd, UK; (Photographies) Phaidon Press, France |
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1998 - 2004 |
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Photo Poche, Editions Nathan, France; Actes Sud, France |
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2002 |
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Berner Blitz, Edition Dino Simonett, Switzerland |
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2000 |
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Luis Barragan, Phaidon Press Inc., USA |
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1999 |
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Die Deutschen: Photographien 1957-1997, Schirmer & Mosel, Germany |
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1999 |
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Le Corbusier, Birkhäuser, Switzerland; Princeton Architectural Press, USA |
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1998 |
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77 Strange Sensations, Edition Dino Simonett, Switzerland |
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1994 - 1998 |
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Cuba y Cuba, Motta Fotografia, Italy; Smithsonian Books, USA |
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1983 |
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Rene Burri, Gruppo Editoriale Fabbri, Italy |
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