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Contact Sheet Print: Che Guevara in his office, Cuba, 1963
In 1963 RenĆ© Burri visited Havana on commission for Look magazine. One of the resultant portraits of Guevara smoking a cigar became an iconic image of the 20th century. For the book Contact Sheets, RenĆ© Burri told the story behind the photograph: āI arrived with the US reporter Laura Berquist from Look magazine. Che had invited her when they met at the end of 1962 in New York. I immediately realized that the blinds were closed. Since this posed a technical problem, I asked him, āMay I open the blinds?ā And he said, āNo, itās not necessary.ā Only later did I realize that he was so focused on what he was doing that he didnāt want to see what was going on outside. The interview began right away, and after a while they simply ignored me. The conversation became heated. Sometimes he would speak with a certain charm, but sometimes he would grab some papers. I have a photo of him jotting down figures. From time to time he would get up and leave, and he would always come back wearing his officerās boots and combat fatigues. I remember that when he bit off the tip of his cigar, I expected him to offer me one, but he was so immersed in the discussion, which was lucky for me because I was simply ignored for two whole hours. He never once looked at me, which was extraordinary. I was moving all around him, and there isnāt a single photograph in which he appears looking at the camera.ā This contact sheet features images from Burriās time with Che Guevara in Cuba, 1963 Rene Burri joined Magnum Photos in 1959.
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Contact Sheet Print: Che Guevara in his office, Cuba, 1963
Contact Sheet Print: Che Guevara in his office, Cuba, 1963
In 1963 RenĆ© Burri visited Havana on commission for Look magazine. One of the resultant portraits of Guevara smoking a cigar became an iconic image of the 20th century. For the book Contact Sheets, RenĆ© Burri told the story behind the photograph: āI arrived with the US reporter Laura Berquist from Look magazine. Che had invited her when they met at the end of 1962 in New York. I immediately realized that the blinds were closed. Since this posed a technical problem, I asked him, āMay I open the blinds?ā And he said, āNo, itās not necessary.ā Only later did I realize that he was so focused on what he was doing that he didnāt want to see what was going on outside. The interview began right away, and after a while they simply ignored me. The conversation became heated. Sometimes he would speak with a certain charm, but sometimes he would grab some papers. I have a photo of him jotting down figures. From time to time he would get up and leave, and he would always come back wearing his officerās boots and combat fatigues. I remember that when he bit off the tip of his cigar, I expected him to offer me one, but he was so immersed in the discussion, which was lucky for me because I was simply ignored for two whole hours. He never once looked at me, which was extraordinary. I was moving all around him, and there isnāt a single photograph in which he appears looking at the camera.ā This contact sheet features images from Burriās time with Che Guevara in Cuba, 1963 Rene Burri joined Magnum Photos in 1959.
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In 1963 RenĆ© Burri visited Havana on commission for Look magazine. One of the resultant portraits of Guevara smoking a cigar became an iconic image of the 20th century. For the book Contact Sheets, RenĆ© Burri told the story behind the photograph: āI arrived with the US reporter Laura Berquist from Look magazine. Che had invited her when they met at the end of 1962 in New York. I immediately realized that the blinds were closed. Since this posed a technical problem, I asked him, āMay I open the blinds?ā And he said, āNo, itās not necessary.ā Only later did I realize that he was so focused on what he was doing that he didnāt want to see what was going on outside. The interview began right away, and after a while they simply ignored me. The conversation became heated. Sometimes he would speak with a certain charm, but sometimes he would grab some papers. I have a photo of him jotting down figures. From time to time he would get up and leave, and he would always come back wearing his officerās boots and combat fatigues. I remember that when he bit off the tip of his cigar, I expected him to offer me one, but he was so immersed in the discussion, which was lucky for me because I was simply ignored for two whole hours. He never once looked at me, which was extraordinary. I was moving all around him, and there isnāt a single photograph in which he appears looking at the camera.ā This contact sheet features images from Burriās time with Che Guevara in Cuba, 1963 Rene Burri joined Magnum Photos in 1959.
