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A photograph is a moment - when you press the button, it will never come back.
~ Rene Burri
Back
Button
Come
Moment
Never
Photograph
Press
Will
You
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Everyone takes pictures, so you need to have your own opinion.
~ Rene Burri
Everyone
Need
Opinion
Own
Pictures
Takes
You
Your
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For me, Picasso was the ultimate man. He taught me that photography is all about how you approach an image: what you do and what you don't do. He inspired me to go beyond what you think is in front of you.
~ Rene Burri
About
Approach
Beyond
Front
Go
He
How
Image
Inspired
Man
Me
Photography
Picasso
Taught
Think
Ultimate
You
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I grew up in Switzerland, in this kind of rigidity. It was Protestant, and I was rather shy. That influenced me a lot.
~ Rene Burri
Grew
Influenced
Kind
Lot
Me
Protestant
Rather
Shy
Switzerland
Up
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I lived and grew up in the black and white period of photojournalism.
~ Rene Burri
Black
Black And White
Grew
Lived
Period
Up
White
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I never had the time or luxury to think about inventing my own colour theory. When colour came, I was interested in expressing things that happened around me in time.
~ Rene Burri
About
Around
Came
Colour
Expressing
Had
Happened
Interested
Inventing
Luxury
Me
My Own
Never
Own
Theory
Things
Think
Time
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I suddenly had to chase after my pictures... Pictures are like taxis during rush hour - if you're not fast enough, someone else will get there first.
~ Rene Burri
After
Chase
Else
Enough
Fast
First
Get
Had
Hour
Like
Pictures
Rush
Someone
Suddenly
Will
You
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I think that's the strength of photography - to decide the decisive moment, to click in the moment to come up with a picture that never comes back again.
~ Rene Burri
Again
Back
Click
Come
Decide
Decisive
I Think
Moment
Never
Photography
Picture
Strength
Think
Up
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I witnessed the building of the Space Shuttle Columbia, the first orbiter to be launched into space.
~ Rene Burri
Building
Columbia
First
Shuttle
Space
Space Shuttle
Witnessed
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If you are truly successful in capturing the pulse of life, then you can speak of a good photograph.
~ Rene Burri
Capturing
Good
Life
Photograph
Pulse
Speak
Successful
Then
Truly
You
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In 1958, a year before the revolution, Magnum wanted to send me to Cuba because they had contacts with the rebels. I'd just spent six months in South America and said 'No', so I missed everything.
~ Rene Burri
America
Because
Before
Contacts
Cuba
Everything
Had
Just
Me
Missed
Months
Rebels
Revolution
Said
Send
Six
South
South America
Spent
Wanted
Year
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It took me six years to get close to Picasso. I learnt a lot from him, and he was an absolute genius. He almost became my grandfather at the time. It was like he was a magician or something.
~ Rene Burri
Absolute
Almost
Became
Close
Genius
Get
Grandfather
He
Him
Learnt
Like
Lot
Magician
Me
Picasso
Six
Something
Time
Took
Years
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Looking back, I didn't have the patience to work in fashion. I like women so much, but I was never qualified to torture them in photo shoots. You have to be really tough and brutal.
~ Rene Burri
Back
Brutal
Fashion
Like
Looking
Looking Back
Much
Never
Patience
Photo
Photo Shoots
Qualified
Really
Shoots
Them
Torture
Tough
Women
Work
You
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My photography is the result of being there at the right moment.
~ Rene Burri
Being
Being There
Moment
Photography
Result
Right
Right Moment
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One of these days, I'm going to publish a book of all the pictures I did not take. It is going to be a huge hit.
~ Rene Burri
Book
Days
Did
Going
Hit
Huge
Pictures
Publish
Take
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The camera has always been a magic wand for me, giving me access to places where I could try new experiments.
~ Rene Burri
Access
Always
Been
Camera
Could
Experiments
Giving
Magic
Magic Wand
Me
New
Places
Try
Wand
Where
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What counts is putting the intensity that you yourself have experienced into the picture. Otherwise it is just a document.
~ Rene Burri
Counts
Document
Experienced
Intensity
Just
Otherwise
Picture
Putting
You
Yourself
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AuthorName
Rene Burri
Profession
Photographer
BirthDate
09 April, 1933
DeathDate
20 October, 2014
Country
Switzerland
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