Swiss - Photographer | April 9, 1933 - October 20, 2014
My photography is the result of being there at the right moment.
Rene Burri
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A photograph is a moment - when you press the button, it will never come back.
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I think that's the strength of photography - to decide the decisive moment, to click in the moment to come up with a picture that never comes back again.
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If you are truly successful in capturing the pulse of life, then you can speak of a good photograph.
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For me, Picasso was the ultimate man. He taught me that photography is all about how you approach an image: what you do and what you don't do. He inspired me to go beyond what you think is in front of you.
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Looking back, I didn't have the patience to work in fashion. I like women so much, but I was never qualified to torture them in photo shoots. You have to be really tough and brutal.
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Everyone takes pictures, so you need to have your own opinion.
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In 1958, a year before the revolution, Magnum wanted to send me to Cuba because they had contacts with the rebels. I'd just spent six months in South America and said 'No', so I missed everything.
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What counts is putting the intensity that you yourself have experienced into the picture. Otherwise it is just a document.
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One of these days, I'm going to publish a book of all the pictures I did not take. It is going to be a huge hit.
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I lived and grew up in the black and white period of photojournalism.
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I never had the time or luxury to think about inventing my own colour theory. When colour came, I was interested in expressing things that happened around me in time.
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