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René Burri

1933 - 2014

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René Burri (9 April 1933 – 20 October 2014) was a Swiss photographer. Burri was a member of Magnum Photos and photographed major political, historical and cultural events and key figures of the second half of the 20th century. He made portraits of Che Guevara and Pablo Picasso as well as iconic pictures of São Paulo and Brasília. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. René Burri is the 69th most popular photographer (up from 80th in 2019), the 353rd most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 389th in 2019) and the most popular Swiss Photographer.

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS

Among photographers, René Burri ranks 69 out of 148. Before him are Patrick Demarchelier, Lothar Wolleh, Herb Ritts, Gertrude Käsebier, Alexander Gardner, and Cornell Capa. After him are Imogen Cunningham, Karl Blossfeldt, Erich Salomon, Karimeh Abbud, Marc Riboud, and Werner Bischof.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, René Burri ranks 236. Before him are Maximilian, Margrave of Baden, Louis Farrakhan, Romuald Klim, Justo Tejada, Mark Eyskens, and Madhubala. After him are Lynn Cohen, Javier Lozano Barragán, Siân Phillips, Bob Rafelson, Petra Schürmann, and Jean Yanne. Among people deceased in 2014, René Burri ranks 204. Before him are Carlos Borges, Theodore Van Kirk, Käbi Laretei, Jean Béliveau, Atef Ebeid, and Joel Camargo. After him are Manuel Uribe, Carlos Páez Vilaró, Charlie Haden, Azlan Shah of Perak, György Lázár, and Marinho Chagas.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, René Burri ranks 353 out of 1,015. Before him are Jules Gilliéron (1854), Aloïse Corbaz (1886), Henri Louis Frédéric de Saussure (1829), Alfred Newton (1829), Salomon Gessner (1730), and Jakob Dubs (1822). After him are Orgetorix (null), Klaus Huber (1924), Henri Colpi (1921), Jacques-Louis Soret (1827), Albert Heim (1849), and Philippe Jaccottet (1925).

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS In Switzerland

Among photographers born in Switzerland, René Burri ranks 1. After him are Werner Bischof (1916), and Gaudenzio Marconi (1841).

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