Ian Berry

Ian Berry

Ian Berry (born April 4, 1934 in Preston , Lancashire , England ) is an English photographer and photojournalist and a member of the Magnum Photos photo agency .

From a young age, Berry was inspired by the desire to become a journalist and initially worked as an amateur photographer. In 1952 he moved to South Africa , where he worked for local newspapers such as the Daily Mail and Drum magazine . Berry made numerous photo reports about the Congo and the Algerian crisis ; he also traveled to the Middle East and the Far East .

Berry became vice president of the Magnum agency in 1978.

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Ian Berry always sees his work as a photographer in a humanistic and socially critical context, which should only serve as a detailed, documentary reporting . Like Magnum founder Robert Capa or photographer colleague James Nachtwey (also a Magnum member), Berry faces the picture frontally and directly. Always keeping the emotions of those affected in the viewfinder, the photographer also tries to keep the distance to the photographed event. For example, his photo documents about the riots in Northern Ireland at the beginning of the 1970s ostensibly show the horror or suffering on the faces of those involved. Berry photographs his works mostly in black and white , which is why these pictures live primarily from their dynamism and expressiveness and are a committed plea for political and social humanism by Berry. Bob Dylan used one of Berry's photographs for the cover of Rough and Rowdy Ways (2020).

literature

own works

• The English . Lane Press, London 1978, ISBN 0-7139-1093-3 .
• Living Apart. South Africa under Apartheid . Phaidon Press, London 1996, ISBN 0-7148-3523-4 .
• L'Afrique du Sud. 1960-1995 . Magnum Press, Paris 1995.
• Les grands travaux . Réunion des Musées Nationaux, Paris 1989, ISBN 2-7118-2295-8 .

items

• Cape Town: the white oasis. In: Geo-Magazin. Hamburg 1979,12, pp. 126-152. Photos for the informative experience report. ISSN  0342-8311

Illustrated works

• William Manchester, Jean Lacouture, Fred Ritchin: Time Blend. Five decades of MAGNUM photography . Schirmer / Mosel, Munich 1989, ISBN 978-3-88814-347-2 .

Web links

• Magnum Photos official website