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Rene Burri

Swiss Photographer

Born: Apr 9, 1933

Died: Oct 20, 2014

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Related authors: Annie Leibovitz Ansel Adams Cecil Beaton David Bailey Diane Arbus Dorothea Lange Gordon Parks Robert Mapplethorpe

My photography is the result of being there at the right moment. Rene Burri

Photography Result Right Moment Being Moment Being There Right

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. Rene Burri

Time Me Luxury Own Think About My Own Inventing Colour Never Had Around Came Happened Interested Theory Expressing Things

Everyone takes pictures, so you need to have your own opinion. Rene Burri

You Own Everyone Takes Pictures Opinion Your Need

What counts is putting the intensity that you yourself have experienced into the picture. Otherwise it is just a document. Rene Burri

You Yourself Picture Otherwise Putting Counts Document Intensity Just Experienced

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. Rene Burri

Book Publish Take Days Pictures Huge Hit Did Going

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. Rene Burri

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. Rene Burri

Me You Man Photography Think Approach About Inspired Picasso He Beyond How Go Ultimate Front Taught Image

It took me six years to get close to Picasso. I learnt a lot from him, and he was an absolute genius. He almost became my grandfather at the time. It was like he was a magician or something. Rene Burri

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