RENÉ BURRI
RENÉ BURRI
January 19, 2014
René Burri © Sandro E. E. Zanzinger for OstLicht
At the vernissage Réne Burri addressed a particularly happy moment. OstLicht owner Peter Coeln was delighted when his friend Burri handed him the Leica with which he took the iconic picture of "Che", in Cuba back in 1963. This Leica will be offered as a high-light at a special auction on May 23, 2014, celebrating the occasion of Leica's 100 year jubilee and the opening of the Leitz Park in Wetzlar, Germany.
In his speech, curator, publicist and Burri specialist Hans-Michael Koetzle honoured Burri's exceptional artistic capacity to produce photographic masterpieces in both black and white and in colour. Burri's Magnum colleagues, Abbas and Ian Berry, who had travelled to Vienna for the event, could not agree more!
The exhibition RENÉ BURRI. DOPPELLEBEN will be running in the Galerie OstLicht up until March 15, 2014. Free entry.
René Burri © Sandro E. E. Zanzinger for OstLicht
René Burri © Sandro E. E. Zanzinger for OstLicht
René Burri © Christine Miess / Galerie OstLicht
René Burri und Laudator Hans-Michael Koetzle © Christine Miess / Galerie OstLicht