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Berner Blitz by Rene Burri

About the signed copy

First edition large format hardback in near fine condition 

First impression

All text is in German

Signed in paint with inscription to Magnum photographer Stuart Franklin by Rene Burri to front end page, there is also a small doodle of a camera and the date 27/6/08

Some general wear to boards 

Some very slight toning to extremities of pages

Otherwise, pages clean, binding firm

About the unsigned edition

First edition large format hardback in fine condition

First impression

All text in English

No markings

Binding firm, pages clean

Artist Bio from Magnum Photos

René Burri studied at the School of Applied Arts in his native city of Zurich, Switzerland. From 1953 to 1955 he worked as a documentary film-maker and began to use a Leica while doing his military service.

Burri became an associate of Magnum in 1955 and received international attention for one of his first reportages, on deaf-mute children, Touch of Music for the Deaf, published in LIFE magazine.