Marc Riboud : 50 years of photography

by Annick Cojean

Surprises of every kind lie in wait for the photographer - they open the eyes and quicken the heartbeat of those with a passion for looking.
Published to coincide with a major retrospective of Marc Riboud's work, this is the first work in English devoted to the entire career of this outstanding twentieth-century photojournalist. Riboud has created some of the iconic images of our workmen balanced like dancers on the powerful metal girders of the Eiffel Tower; a young Vietnam war protester facing down a rank of riflemen with a flower in her hand.
Riboud took his first photographs at the age of 14 with his father's Vest Pocket Kodak. Eager to investigate the complexities of contemporary reality, Riboud worked for the legendary Magnum agency, alongside Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Capa, and Chim (David Seymour). Starting in 1955, he traveled all over the world, from Nepal to Alaska, Mexico to Algeria, his camera always at the ready. While many of his shots reveal the anguish of war, others capture the fleeting delights of a swim in a sun-dappled river or children learning to whistle in a Shanghai street. Here are Riboud's best images, presented by those who know him.Surprises of every kind lie in wait for the photographer - they open the eyes and quicken the heartbeat of those with a passion for looking.
Published to coincide with a major retrospective of Marc Riboud's work, this is the first work in English devoted to the entire career of this outstanding twentieth-century photojournalist. Riboud has created some of the iconic images of our workmen balanced like dancers on the powerful metal girders of the Eiffel Tower; a young Vietnam war protester facing down a rank of riflemen with a flower in her hand.
Riboud took his first photographs at the age of 14 with his father's Vest Pocket Kodak. Eager to investigate the complexities of contemporary reality, Riboud worked for the legendary Magnum agency, alongside Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Capa, and Chim (David Seymour). Starting in 1955, he traveled all over the world, from Nepal to Alaska, Mexico to Algeria, his camera always at the ready. While many of his shots reveal the anguish of war, others capture the fleeting delights of a swim in a sun-dappled river or children learning to whistle in a Shanghai street. Here are Riboud's best images, presented by those who know him.

Genres: Photography, Art

176 pages, Hardcover

First published March 30, 2004

About the author

Annick Cojean, foreign correspondent for Le Monde, is one of France's most widely admired journalists. She chairs the committee for the Prix Albert Londres, having won the prize herself in 1996, and has published a number of books.

Reviews

[Mohammad Ali Shamekhi · Rating 3 out of 5]

گزیده ای از پنجاه سال عکاسی عکاس فرانسوی، مرک ریبو. همه ی عکس ها سیاه وسفید هستند. ریبو از آن عکاس هایی است که بعضا خود عکس را موضوع عکس خویش قرار می دهند. او در بعضی عکس های خود از چیستی عکس و از چیستی "نگاه" می پرسد و این کار را هم نه با حرف و کلام بلکه با خود عکس انجام می دهد. مثل فیلسوفی که از چیستی فلسفه می پرسد و با حرف های فلسفی از آن صحبت می کند، ریبو نیز با عکاسی، عکاسی را تصویر می کند

بهتر است عناوین و اندک توضیحات مربوط به عکس ها را که در آخر کتاب آمده بعد از تحلیل عکس توسط خودتان بخوانید. چون آن توضیحات هم تفسیر شما را کور خواهد کرد و هم هر تفسیری را در سطح نگه می دارد. بماند که تفسیر خوشایند اما غلط - یعنی خلاف نیت عکاس - خودش لذتی است و نباید از دست اش داد


مثلا نگاه کنید به اینجا برای دیدن دو عکس از عکس های ریبو و نوشته ای کوتاه از من درموردشان

عکس های جالب: صفحات ۱۸، ۲۶، ۳۷، ۱-۴۰، ۴۳، ۴۵، ۴۷، ۵۶، ۵۸، ۳-۸۲، ۹۰، ۹۱، ۵-۹۴، ۱۲۱، ۱۲۲، ۱۳۹، ۱۴۵، ۱۵۷ و ۱۶۵

[Jim · Rating 5 out of 5]

I think it's become clear that my favorite group of photographers seems to be the French humanist documentarians of the 20th century. Add Riboud to the list of must haves along with Boubat, Doisneau, Brassai, et. al. A great collection of work. This book gives a varied and complete overview of Riboud's career. Highly recommended.