René Burri told the story behind the photograph: “I arrived with the US reporter Laura Berquist from Look magazine
army plane in “Shangri-La” from the 1940s or a tourist’s snapshots from the 1990s – become visible in Meiselas’s book
Verve and Harper’s Bazaar followed
its rear end wedged into a dense stand of trees
what emerges is a clear rite of passage from the hope and dreams of youth
Fine Print: National strike, Town of Saint-Ouen, France, 1936 Wayne Miller Fine Prints René Burri told the storyDavid Seymour photographed this protest in Paris, prior to the founding of the agency, and at time when he, Henri Cartier Bresson and Robert Capa were living there. The workers protests pictured here led to the formation of the Popular Front government in France, an alliance of socialists, communists and liberals formed to fight the rising tide of fascism in the inter war period. This movement ultimately led these three photographers to the front of