Marc Riboud
Marc Riboud (born June 24, 1923 in Lyon , † August 30, 2016 in Paris ) was a French photographer and member of the Magnum Photos photo agency .
Life
Marc Riboud photographed the World Exhibition in Paris in 1937 at the age of 14 with a used Kodak pocket camera . He was involved in the French Resistance from 1943 to 1945 and actively fought in the resistance. After the war ended, he studied mechanical engineering at the École Centrale de Lyon from 1945 to 1948 and then worked as an engineer in Lyon. His decision to work as a freelance photographer brought him to Paris in 1952. Here he met the photojournalists Robert Capa and Henri Cartier-Bresson and joined their newly founded photo agency Magnum. From 1954 Riboud lived and worked in London . In 1955 he became a full member of Magnum and began a series of photo expeditions to the Far East .
In 1957 Riboud, partly working undercover, documented China , which was dominated by the Mao regime . On the advice of his friend, the painter Zao Wou-Ki , he visited the Huang Shan several times and published a voluminous illustrated book about the mountain in both France and Germany.
From 1959 to 1973, Riboud served as Vice President of Magnum's European subsidiary and became its President in 1975. From 1980 he only worked sporadically as a “collaborating photographer” at the agency.
Riboud has received numerous awards for his photographic work, including the Overseas Press Club Award . He was also represented in numerous exhibitions, such as the Musée National d'Art Moderne in Paris.
Riboud was married to the American author, draftsman and sculptor Barbara Chase-Riboud since 1961 ; the divorce took place before 1981. They had two sons together. He later married the journalist Catherine Chaine; this marriage lasted until his death in 2016.
Publications (selection)
- Marc Riboud. Cuba . Éditions de La Martinière, Paris 2016, with a foreword by Wim Wenders and texts by Marc Riboud and Jean Daniel, ISBN 978-2-7324-7249-2 .
- Portfolio . Knesebeck Verlag, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89660-082-6 .
- My pictures are notes . Reporters Without Borders, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-9803729-3-6 .
- with Jean Daniel and Ruth Sharman: Marc Riboud in China. Harry N. Abrams, 1997, ISBN 0-8109-4430-8 (English).
- Huang-shan , illustrated book. Hoffmann and Campe, Hamburg 1990, ISBN 3-455-08362-5 .
Web links
- Marc Riboud at photography-now.com
- Literature by and about Marc Riboud in the catalog of the German National Library
- Search for Marc Riboud in the SPK digital portal of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation
- Marc Riboud: The Eye of Shanghai. Arte report, archived from the original on April 18, 2013 ; accessed on August 31, 2016 .
- MAGNUM photos
Individual evidence
- ^ Richard B. Woodward: Marc Riboud, Photojournalist Who Found Grace in the Turbulent Dies at 93 . The New York Times , August 31, 2016 (English).
- ^ Hervé Le Goff: Riboud Marc (1923–) . Encyclopedia Universalis, accessed August 31, 2016 (French).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Riboud, Marc |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French photographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 24, 1923 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lyon |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 30, 2016 |
| Place of death | Paris |