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Bruno Barbey
The Amazon River, Leticia, Amazonas, Brasilien, 1966
Farbfotografie, C-Print auf Fuji Crystal Archive Matte, signiert, Aufkleber der Agentur Magnum mit Informationen zum Motiv, Print 2016, 9,8 x 13,9 cm auf 15,2 x 15,2 cm. Passepartouriert in einem säurefreien und alterungsbeständigen Passepartout in Museumsqualität (Conservation-Board).

“I remembered the 1930 photograph by Martin Munkacsi of three backlit kids running towards the foamy waves of Lake Tanganyika: Cartier-Bresson said it had inspired his work. In my picture, the children’s movement seems broken down into its successive phases, as in a Muybridge photograph; one child still has a foot on the river bank, others are flying all the way up in the air; several are touching the river’s surface. The river is like a murky mirror that reflects their shadows, grouped in a perfect triangle.
In the 1960s, most Magnum photographers, except for Ernst Haas, used black and white, in part because magazines did not reproduce color well, but when I went to Brazil I was astounded by the light and color, so similar to Morocco where I had spent my youth. My response was to start shooting in Kodachrome 2. The film was slow but perfect because of its resistance to heat and humidity. As of that year, color became an essential component to my work: color was my decisive moment.” — Bruno Barbey

1968 wurde Barbey als Vollmitglied in die Fotoagentur Magnum aufgenommen. Seine Fotoreportagen wurden weltweit gedruckt, darunter in Life, Paris Match, Stern, Geo und National Geographic. Er wagte sich in Kriegs- oder Bürgerkriegsgebiet. Am 13. April 2016 wurde Bruno Barbey in die französische Gelehrtengesellschaft Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris gewählt. Barbeys Bilder finden sich weltweit in vielen Museen. Der größte Teil seiner Sammlung befindet sich mit der Kollektion der Magnum-Fotoagentur im Harry Ransom–Center in Austin, Texas. 

C-Print - Signed - Magnum Square Print - 2016

Signed: Bruno Barbey (1941-2020) - The Amazon River, Leticia, Amazonas

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