Bruno Barbey (13 February 1941 – 9 November 2020) was a Moroccan-born French photographer. Throughout his four-decade career he traveled across five continents, photographing many wars.

Life and work

Barbey was born in Morocco. His father was a diplomat. In 1959/1960 studied photography and graphic arts at the Ecole des Arts et Métiers in

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, Switzerland. During the 1960s he was commissioned to photograph European and African countries by Editions Rencontre in

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. In 1964 Barbey began a relationship with

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, becoming an Associate member in 1966, and a full member in 1968, at which time he was photographing student riots in Paris. He eventually served as Magnum vice president for Europe in 1978 and 1979 and from 1992 to 1995 as President of Magnum International. He spent 1979 to 1981 photographing

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, resulting in his book ''Poland''. He rejected the label of 'war photographer', although he became renown for photographing conflicts as well as unusual, beautiful images. He covered civil wars in

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and the liberation war in

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.Magnum Photos
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Death

Barbey died on 9 November 2020 at the age of 79 in Orbais l’Abbaye, France.

Awards

French National Order of Merit French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with France ...

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Award *Photojournalism Award,

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Publications

Publications by Barbey

*''Naples.'' Switzerland: Rencontre, 1964. *''Camargue.'' Switzerland: Rencontre, 1964. *''Portugal.'' Switzerland: Rencontre, 1966. *''Kenya.'' Switzerland: Rencontre, 1966. *''Koweït.'' Switzerland: Rencontre, 1967. *''Ecosse.'' Switzerland: Rencontre, 1968. *'' Ceylan.'' France: André Barret, 1974. *''Iran.'' Jeune Afrique, 1976. *''Nigeria.'' France: Jeune Afrique, 1978. *''Bombay.'' Netherlands: Time & Life, 1979. *''Pologne.'' France: Arthaud, 1982. *''Le Gabon.'' France: Chêne, 1984. *''Portugal.'' Germany: Hoffmann & Campe, 1988. *''Fès, immobile, immortelle.'' France: Imprimerie Nationale, 1996. *''Gens des nuages.'' France: Stock, 1997. *''Mai 68.'' France: Différence, 1998. *''Photo Poche.'' France: Nathan, 1999. *''Essaouira.'' France: Chêne, 2000. *''Les Italiens.'' France: Martinière, 2002. *''Maroc.'' France: Martinière, 2003. * ''1968, Bruno Barbey.'' Istanbul, Turkey: Fotografevi, 2008. * ''Italyanlar / Italians.'' Turkey: Yapi Kredi, 2008. *''Bruno Barbey's Istanbul.'' Turkey: Yapi Kredi, 2009. *''Passages.'' Paris: La Martinière, 2015. . Bilingual English and French.

Publications with contributions by Barbey

*''Magnum Contact Sheets.'' Edited by Kristen Lubben. **''Magnum Contact Sheets.'' London: Thames & Hudson, 2011. . **''Magnum Contact Sheets.'' London: Thames & Hudson, 2014. . Compact edition. **''Magnum Contact Sheets: The Collector's Edition: Bruno Barbey, Paris Riots, 1968.'' London: Thames & Hudson, 2011. .

Films

*'' The Bakery Girl of Monceau'' (1963) – directed by

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, cinematography by Barbey *''Mai 68'' (1968) – 16 mm, B&W *''3 Jours, 3 Photographes'' (1979) – directed by F. Moscovitz; about Barbey, Jean Loup Sieff and

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*''Assignment in Morocco'' (1988) –

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, directed by Clem Vallance; in conjunction with centenary of

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*''Maroc sans Frontière'' (1996) – directed by Mostafa Bouazzaoui for Moroccan television *''Les Italiens'' (2002) – directed by Caroline Thiénot; betanum, 10 mins *''Panoramiques Maroc'' (2003) – Caroline Thiénot; betanum, 12 mins *''Grand Angle'' (2005) – 2M, Maroc *''Mai 68 vu par Bruno Barbey'' (2008) – Caroline Thienot

Collections

Barbey's work is held in the following collection: * Magnum Photos: Photographic Collection at the

Harry Ransom Center The Harry Ransom Center (until 1983 the Humanities Research Center) is an archive, library and museum at the University of Texas at Austin, specializing in the collection of literary and cultural artifacts from the Americas and Europe for the pur ...

, University of Texas at Austin

References

External links

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Magnum biography

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