Bruno Barbey

Bruno Barbey is a Moroccan-born French photographer (born 1941). Throughout his four-decade career he has traveled across five continents, photographing many wars.

Life and work

Barbey was born in Morocco and in 1959-1960 he studied photography and graphic arts at the Ecole des Arts et Métiers in Vevey, Switzerland. During the 1960s he was commissioned to photograph European and African countries by Editions Rencontre in Lausanne. In 1964 Barbey began a relationship with Magnum Photos, becoming an Associate member in 1966, and a full member in 1968, at which time he was photographing student riots in Paris. He eventually served as Magnum vice president for Europe in 1978 and 1979 and from 1992-1995 as President of Magnum International.

He spent 1979 to 1981 photographing Poland, resulting in his book Poland. He rejects the label of 'war photographer', although he has covered civil wars in Nigeria, Vietnam, the Middle East, Cambodia, Northern Ireland, Iraq, Kuwait and liberation war in Bangladesh.[1] From 2005 Barbey has, among other work, been pursuing a project on Istanbul.[2]

Awards

Publications

Publications by Barbey

Publications with contributions by Barbey

Films

Collection

Barbey's work is held in the following collection:

References

  1. ↑ Magnum Photos
  2. ↑ Haluk Dağ, "Bruno Barbey's Istanbul", SkyLife, April 2010. Turkish Airlines. Accessed 2010-10-31.
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