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Burri, René

LC control no.n 84106741
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Personal name headingBurri, René
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Birth date19330409
Death date20141020
Place of birthZurich (Switzerland)
Place of deathZurich (Switzerland)
Field of activityPhotography Photojournalism
AffiliationMagnum Photos
Profession or occupationPhotographers Photojournalists
Found inHis One world, c1984: t.p. (René Burri) p. 206 (b. 1933 in Zürich)
LC data base, 5-11-84 (hdg.: Burri, René)
Impossible reminiscences, 2013: title page (by René Burri) verso (joined the prestigious Magnum Photos in 1959; recognized for lifetime of achievement as photojournalist by the German Society of Photography)
New York times (online), viewed Oct. 23, 2014 (in obituary published Oct. 22: René Burri; b. Apr. 9, 1933, Zurich; d. there Monday [Oct. 20, 2014], aged 81; globe-trotting photographer; longtime member of Magnum Photos; became an associate photographer there in 1956 and a full member in 1959)