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Che Guevara smoking a cigar, Pablo Picasso in the bullring, Alberto Giacometti in his studio or Le Corbusier while designing - Réne Burri helped shape the history of photography in the 20th century with his photographs and reportages. Ernesto “Che” Guevara, Ministry of Industry, Havana, Cuba, 1963 © René Burri / Magnum Photos
Beirut, Lebanon, 1991, © René Burri / Magnum Photos
Always, though usually very subtle, a social, political, historical message resonates, which often only becomes apparent at a second glance. Bahia, Brazil, 1977, © René Burri / Magnum Photos
He dares to create bold details and perspectives, playing with reflections, sharpness and blur. Suez Canal, Egypt, 1956, © René Burri / Magnum Photos
It was during his military service that Burri first used a Leica camera. Shortly after, he also developed an interest in film, and between 1953-1955 he worked as a documentary filmmaker. Burri’s life changed forever when the well-known photographer Werner Bischoff introduced him to the prestigious photography agency Magnum Photos. After joining Magnum in 1959, his first reportage appeared in Life magazine and he subsequently worked for more major news magazines including Look, Bunte, Stern, Geo, Paris Match, Schweizer Illustrierte and Du. In the Ministry of Health, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1960 © René Burri / Magnum Photos
Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1971, © René Burri / Magnum Photos
Beirut, Lebanon, 1991, © René Burri / Magnum Photos
Havanna, Cuba, 1987, © René Burri / Magnum Photos
In addition, Burri belongs to the protagonists of a color photography with artistic aspirations. Instead they reflect an interplay of shapes and colors, often opening up confusing, enigmatic views and vistas. San Cristobál, Mexiko, 1976, © René Burri / Magnum Photos / Barragan Foundation
Burri’s diverse body of work ranges from reportages in the Middle East and Maoist China, to personal photo essays on the Germans and NASA. The Island, United Arab Emirates, 1976, © René Burri / Magnum Photos
Inspirations.
The end of history - La fin de l´histoire
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Blast
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Man. Kiki. Lee.
The muses of Emmanuel Radnitzky (Man Ray)
"All I need is an onion, a bit of bread, and a bottle of ...
Conformity
“Modern man has become a cog in a very complex society. We live in a society that praises individu...
Bubble
The Bubble series by Melvin Sokolsky for Harper’s Bazaar 1963. Melvin Sokolsky (born 1933) is an A...
Uncanny Bodies
There is a space of imagination stretching between brain, lens and body: Photography by Ariana Molly...
Trees in Winter
A series utilizing random patterns in nature to reveal mathematical beauty, by Ansen Seale.
Woman. Black. White.
Black and white photos of charismatic women.
Observatoires
Noémie Goudal is a French artist who graduated from the Royal College of Art in 2010 with an MA in ...
Impressionist Gardens
“Many of Monet’s colleagues shared his passion for gardening and were inspired to paint gardens ...
Julien Notter and Sébastien Vigne
Basé à Lausanne, Notter + Vigne est un atelier graphique fondé en 2002 par les designers Julien N...
101 x 101
AFTER STUDYING GRAPHIC AND PRODUCT DESIGN AT THE STATE UNIVERSITY FOR ART AND DESIGN KARLSRUHE IN GE...
Nauru
Nauru was first inhabited at least 3,000 years ago. Inhabitants caught ibija fish, acclimatised them...
SCHNAPPVIECHER
The Krampus in Salzburg, Austria was the first beast Charles Fréger encountered during his two-yea...
The contemporary condition
Fred Guillaud (France, 1973) is photographer, architect and teacher. He lives and works in Barcelon...
Orange mecanique
Philippe Jarrigeon, photographer and publisher, was born in 1982 in France. He graduated from ECAL ...
"I’m an outsider"
Born in New York City in 1928, William Klein studied sociology while enrolled at City College of New...
Spacecraft
Raised in Maryland, Nicholas Alan Cope moved to Los Angeles in 2004 and attended Art Center College ...
Josef Sudek
Josef Sudek (b. March 17, 1896, Kolin, Bohemia – d. September 15, 1976) was a Czech photographer, ...
Mirrors
Jeannette Montgomery Barron was born in 1956 in Atlanta and studied at the International Center of P...
Charles Negre
Charles Negre is an independent studio photographer living and working in Paris.
constructing meaning in 3 steps
Frank Hülsbömer was born 1968 in Münster/Germany.
Iraq
Photojournalist Luke Wolagiewicz lives in London. Over the last 15 years he has worked across the Mi...
The 2015 best of penccil
This was an extraordinary year. The world went through a series of shocks and shake-ups, and in betw...
The Other Side
There's always another side, other stories and new faces behind the glamorous curtains of the fashio...
Oskar Schlemmer: Das Triadische Ballett
After Walter Gropius founded the stage workshop in 1921, Oskar Schlemmer, the head of the stage work...
Spatial Objects
Spatial Objects is the result of Dan Holdsworth’s ongoing enquiry into contemporary photographic p...
picking figs in the ˚̥̞̞̽̽ͯ garden while my world eats Itself
picking figs in the ˚̥̞̞̽̽ͯ garden while my world eats Itself is a curatorial poetry collabor...
Hello Winter
Hello winter . A small selection of landscape photography made in the Atlantic islands of Azores dur...
What You Think You Know
Philip Herrman is graphic designer in Zurich, Switzerland. Clients include Reto Geiser for Standpunk...
Ankara: From pioneering modernism to revivalist mimicry
Ankara: Öncü modernizmden öykünmeci mimesise
Murat Germen is an artist using photography as an ...
Aspartame: Adrien Rovero
Born in 1981, Adrien Rovero holds a Master’s in Industrial Design from ECAL Lausanne. He opened hi...
UN_NATURAL BESTIARY
In this work Andrea Alessio collects, as in an ancient bestiary, a series of animal images. The fore...
ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN
I would like to introduce this new series of photos by Andrea Alessio by appealing to an axiom that ...
J1
Created by Jae Won Cho, AKA J1. J1 studio is a furniture design studio located in Los Angeles produc...
Behind the walls
Paolo Ventura was born in Milan in 1968. His work has been exhibited in museums and private gallerie...
Lo Zuavo Scomparso
Paolo Ventura was born in Milan in 1968. His work has been exhibited in museums and private gallerie...
Technological Exaptation
Images by photographer and set designer Maxime Guyon, currently living and working between Lyon (Fra...
Parisian Still Lifes
Photographer Romain Bernardie James, born 1980, lives and works in Paris.
Volkswagen Jetta
Herla King,2010-2012. Mirror and colored vinyls & spray-paint on 1984 Volkswagen Jetta. Etienne Bard...
Inside is Out - Outside is In
photography by Thomas Skou, Copenhagen.
Aeronauts
Photographer Benedict Redgrove was born in Woodley near Reading, England. He studied at Berkshire Co...
I+N: Gohanan
Piggy bank "Gohanan" by atelier I+N. Born in 1984, Ismael and Nathan Studer received their degrees i...
Ramona Rosales Portraits
Photographer Ramona Rosales lives and works in Los Angeles.
Memory & Form
Paul is an Australian-Taiwanese photographer living and working in New York. He studied in Milano an...
Low Tech
Kevin Twomey´s first study of light came from studying theatrical lighting where he learned the abi...
BRANCHES & TREES
Line structures from branches and trees against the sky or as a reflection
White Rooms
Photographer Wouter Hogendorp from Den Haag documents the beauty of architectural details: light, th...
Müller-Brockmann
Josef Müller-Brockmann (1914 – 1996) was one of the main exponents of the Swiss International Sty...
Dominik Tarabanski
Photographer Dominik Tarabanski was born in Poland. He lives and works in NYC.
Fernando Botero
Who doesn´t like Botero? Colombian painter and sculptor Fernando Botero (born 1932 in Medellín) is...
New York by Louis Faurer
Louis Faurer (1916 – 2001) was an American fashion and street photographer. The significance of h...
The Long River
Nadav Kander came to China several times in 2005 to 2007, visited 186 cities and traveled along the ...
Things As They Are
Erin O´Keefe is a visual artist and architect based in New York City and New Brunswick, Canada. She...
It Must Be Beautiful
Bus stop embellishments in Belarus.
Photographer Alexandra Soldatova was born in 1983. She graduated...
Jean Arp: Randomness
Randomness was a key part of Jean Arp’s work right from the creation of the first dadaist group in...
Ginzburg and Milinis: Narkomfin
Narkomfin Apartment Building, 25 Novinskii Boulevard, Moscow. Architects: Moisei Ginzburg and Ignati...
Seventies Portraits
Beautiful black and white portraits from the seventies.
Time Bandits
Visual communication artist Sabine Marx-Nieder is based in Munich, Germany.
Simon Vahala ....things that simply just happen
... things that simply just happen, with no one noticing or caring. The subject? Nature inscribed by...
André Kertész
André Kertész (1894-1985) was born in Austria-Hungary. In 1912, he bought his first camera and m...
Le Moigne
Swiss designer Nicholas Le Moigne studied at ECAL/University of art and design Lausanne, where he is...
Muhamma
Happy days in the town of Muhamma, Kerala, India.
Images (C) Mario Gagliardi 2014.
Hotel Metropole
Hotel Metropole, Mysore, India. This remarkable building was constructed by the Maharaja of Mysore t...
The ghost of Vasco Da Gama
Kappad beach near Kozhikode (Calicut), India, where the Portuguese explorer Vasco Da Gama landed on ...
Travel Stories
Images from Taichung, Taiwan; Honolulu, Hawaii, USA; Atlanta, Georgia, USA; Berlin, Germany; Frankfu...
Cope: Product
Raised in Maryland, photographer Nicholas Alan Cope moved to Los Angeles in 2004 and attended the Ar...
Cope: Architecture
Raised in Maryland, photographer Nicholas Alan Cope moved to Los Angeles in 2004 and attended the Ar...
Seen or remembered
Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen.
Ben...
Postcards from Miami
Art Deco in Miami Beach. Photos (C) Mario Gagliardi
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Night Stories
(C) Mario Gagliardi 2014
Choreography of pictorial fetishes
Afterword by WM Hunt
These are photographs.
These exist uniquely as photographs. The artist, Manuel ...
VIENTO EN POPA
Mixed Technique
Tree Calligraphy
The fingers of the Ents splayed out reaching to connect with all who listen and feel.
Bus station
Photos captured as a part of incomplete project looking to be completed.
Twenty Twentyone
Impressions from Vienna in the latter half of 2021. Images by Mario Gagliardi.
Parallel Universe
Sometimes, you can catch one of these scenes when things seem less real, as if another version of re...
Surface N° 2
Arctic Paper presents Surface N° 2 – a second edition featuring a specially curated selection of ...
Last and First Men
The first and last movie by iconic Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson (1969 - 2018). With his mu...
Archip-elles
Swiss graphic designers We Play created this pop-art inspired, fun poster series for the Archipelles...
Les Concerts du mercredi
The idea of Swiss based graphic design practice We Play Design for these posters for Les Concerts du...
Paris
Paris 2019. (C) Mario Gagliardi
Synecdoche [IV]
Photo-collage : Right part Sarah Moon photography for Pirelli Calendar, 1972; left part, unknown pho...
Street Life
Photographic impressions in the streets of Tokyo and Kyoto. (C) Mario Gagliardi
Energy
Every photo has an energy, a direction, and a story. I do not own this story.
Bones, Stones, Sticks, & Stones
Digital photography and manipulation on paper.
Dawson
Yukon Territory, Canada
Writing & Design
Romantic Modern: The California Architecture of Harwell Hamilton Harris. Writer and Designer, Ted We...
Writing & Design
Casting Shadows, Auguste Rodin. Writer and Designer.
Hoi An
Ancient Town in Vietnam and South-East Asian trading port dating from the 15th to the 19th century
2...
worlds of planet earth
A set of photos from different places on Earth.
2018
Painted by Time
Inricate patterns created by lichens, made over time around the tiny cracks of ceramic tiles. (C) Ma...
penccil: This was 2017
The penccil year in review is a project selection for 2017, this year curated by Mario Gagliardi. Se...
Wayne Sorce: Urban Color
"Wayne Sorce: Urban Color" is on view from October 21st through November 30th at Joseph Bellows Gall...
BKM/Barozzi/Veiga
The extension of the Villa Planta, which will accommodate the Bündner Kunstmuseum, is an exercise o...
The wall
photography and theoretical project about the The seperation wall between Israel and the west bank
Swiernalis
Polish alternative musician Swiernalis
American Food
Davide Luciano is a New York based conceptual food and beverage photographer and motion artist. His ...
Franz De Lacroix
Model: Franz De Lacroix / Average is Boring
Photographer: Paulina Wyszynska
Brazil Modernism
20th century architecture in Brazil, including work by Lina Bo Bardi, Lúcio Costa, Affonso Reidy, O...
Peter Zumthor: Thinking Architecture
A selection of remarkable work by Swiss architect Peter Zumthor.
Struth: Nature & Politics
Thomas Struth´s work shows us highly complex equipment, structures and constructions. His pictures ...
Christian Herdeg: Kunst und Bau
Christian Herdeg was born 1942 in Zurich. Trained as a photographer, cameraman and lighting technici...
Obsolete Distinction
In contemporary society, the digital world pervades the physical to such an extent that any distinct...
Liqen
Liqen was born in 1980, in Vigo, a port and industrial city of Galicia, in Spain. Since very little,...
L’ITALIA CI GUARDIA
On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the birth of the Italian Republic, 40 masters of photogra...
Design & Politics
Photo series "design and politics" by Philippe Jarrigeon, photographer and publisher, born in 1982 i...
Julius Shulman: Visual Drama
"Julius had an eye for visual drama. With modernist buildings, he loved capturing the strong lines s...
Memories of Ruins: Rebecca Bathory
Finding beauty in darkness, poetry and meaning in the forgotten and surreal, imaginary worlds amongs...
Toshio Onda
Japanese Fashion photographer Toshio Onda studied at the University of West England. He lives in Par...
Rayan Ayash
Rayan Ayash is a Fashion Photographer based in New York & Paris.
Amor Vacui
Domink von Moos, born 1990, studied architecture at ETH Zurich.
