Art of Photography - Bruno Barbey - The Italians

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Bruno Barbey is a Frenchman born in Morocco. He studied photography and graphic arts at the École des Arts et Métiers in Vevey, Switzerland. Between 1961 and 1964 he photographed the Italians, treating them as protagonists of a small 'theatrical world', with the aim of capturing the spirit of a nation. During the 1960s, he was commissioned by Éditions Rencontre in Lausanne to report from European and African countries. He also contributed regularly to Vogue. Barbey began his relationship with Magnum Photos in 1964, becoming an associate member in 1966, and a full member in 1968, the year he documented the political unrest and student riots in Paris. A decade later, between 1979 and 1981, he photographed Poland at a turning point in its history, publishing his work in the widely acclaimed book Poland. Over four decades Barbey has journeyed across five continents and into numerous military conflicts. Although he rejects the label of 'war photographer', he has covered civil wars in Nigeria, Vietnam, the Middle East, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Northern Ireland, Iraq and Kuwait. His work has appeared in most of the world's major magazines. Barbey is known particularly for his free and harmonious use of colour. He has frequently worked in Morocco, the country of his childhood. In 1999 the Petit Palais, Paris, organized a large exhibition of photographs that Barbey had taken in Morocco during the previous three decades. He has received many awards for his work, including the French National Order of Merit; his photographs have been exhibited internationally and are in numerous museum collections. Education 1959/60 Photography and Graphic Arts, Ecole des Arts et Métiers, Vevey, Switzerland Awards French National Order of Merit Overseas Press Club Award Photojournalism Award, University of Missouri http://www.magnumphotos.com/Archive/C.aspx?VP=XSpecific_MAG.Biography_VPage&AID=2K7O3R14RTZO "The Italians, 1962-1965" In his work, Bruno Barbey does not merely content himself with accepting the gifts of chance. He strives to show representatives of all classes and all social strata in their typical environment, in order to make a diagnosis of the soul, of the temperament and the social structure of a nation. The particularity of the photographer Bruno Barbey lies in the extremely poetic overall atmosphere of his work. His attitude is one of respect towards humanity, with a highly developed sense of pictorial quality. In this respect, Bruno Barbey's work is likened to that of Robert Frank and René Burri, who one after the other, were published by Robert Delpire (The Americans by Robert Frank in 1958, The Germans by René Burri in 1962). The Italians by Bruno Barbey, which is to become part of this collection, are the protagonists in the little theater of the world, and bear the idea of capturing the spirit of a nation in a photographic essay. Manual Gasser Editor-in-chief of the magazine DU, in Zurich. http://www.mep-fr.org/us/barbey.htm Official Website: http://www.brunobarbey.com/index.htm The Book: http://store.magnumphotos.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=2091&zenid=p94j70oru8ui7e5ekk4celaev4 http://www.amazon.com/Italians-Bruno-Barbey/dp/0810905582 Music: Main Title (The Godfather Waltz)Nino Rota http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nino_Rota http://www.amazon.com/Godfather-1972-Film-Nino-Rota/dp/B000002OG5

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