Magnum Poster: Lotus plants, Beijing, 1964 Framing:Custom White Frame In the preface to The

In the preface to The Suffering of Light

Describing himself as a “historian of the present”

who joined Magnum photo agency in 1951

Korea and later Peru

for freedom

Magnum Poster: Lotus plants, Beijing, 1964 Framing:Custom White Frame In the preface to TheRen Burri learned how to capture aesthetically pure, artfully composed and illuminated objects in characteristically Swiss style at the Zurich School of Art and Design, where he was taught by none other than Hans Finsler, the supreme master of subtle gray tones. The artistic climate of the early 1950s was incredibly conducive to this austere style that Burri would eventually come to perfect and make his own. Here, Burri captures the remarkable visual