René Burri

AFP “Magnum photographer René Burri dies” http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/oct/20/magnum-photographer-rene-burri-dies


瑞西の報道写真家René Burriがチューリッヒにて亡くなる。享年81歳。
彼の名前を知らなくても、葉巻を咥えたチェ・ゲバラ*1のポートレイトといえば、誰でもぴんと来るんじゃないだろうか。 そのチェ・ゲバラについて;


Among his most famous works were an iconic portrait of the revolutionary Che Guevara smoking a cigar, as well as portraits of Fidel Castro and hundreds of pictures of the architect Le Corbusier, and the artists Alberto Giacometti, Yves Klein and Picasso.

He later said that Guevara was “an arrogant man, but he had charm ... He was like a tiger in a cage.”

なお、彼が最初に撮った写真は、1946年、彼が13歳のとき、チューリッヒを訪ねてオープン・カーに乗るウィンストン・チャーチルの写真であるという。
See also


“René Burri – in pictures” http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2014/oct/20/rene-burri-in-pictures
“Rene Burri” http://www.magnumphotos.com/C.aspx?VP3=CMS3&VF=MAGO31_10_VForm&ERID=24KL5350UE
“René Burri” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Burri


ところで、ファション・デザイナーのオスカー・デ・ラ・レンタも亡くなっている。享年82歳;


Saeed Ahmed and Dana Ford “Oscar de la Renta, legendary fashion designer, dies at 82” http://edition.cnn.com/2014/10/20/living/oscar-de-la-renta-death/index.html
Nancy Groves and Alexandra Spring “Fashion designer Oscar de la Renta dies aged 82” http://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2014/oct/21/oscar-de-la-renta-dies-aged-82