Re: BarbeyKari Eloranta wrote:>> Hi Donal,>> Thanks for the interesting bit on Barbey. Seen his bw-work earlier> but this color work is new to me and struck when I saw it. Have to> check those Indo-China books.>> I thought I saw his picture in a NG issue last year that had an> article on their photographers (maybe Oct 95 or so). Looked like in> his forties or early fifties at most. You mention he's been working> in China for 40 years. How old is he really?>> Regards,>> KariA bit of info, and an embarassing mistake admitted:I looked up Barbey's bio in the book In Our Time, published by andabout the history of Magnum. Bruno Barbey was born Feb 13, 1941 in,interestingly, Morocco. Has contributed to many travel books,specifically Iran: Rebirth of a Timeless Empire; Nigeria ('78); Bombay('79); Poland ('82); Portugal ('88).Sometime my brain mixes up Barbey and Marc Riboud. The vaguealliterations in the names, perhaps. It is Marc Riboud who really didthe books on North ! Vietnam (the Face of North Vietnam; 1970) and AnkorWat and has the 40-year China retrospective. He took first pix ofchina in 1957 and in 66 published The Three Banners of China. Riboudand Barbey's sensibilities are similar, although I think Barbey shootsmore color. Riboud was born in 1923 and has more book credits than mycomputer has bytes.Sorry for the mix up, but it did get me to venture into the Magnumbook, always a pleasure and inspiration.--Donal Philby San DiegoKari Eloranta wrote:>> Hi Donal,>> Thanks for the interesting bit on Barbey. Seen his bw-work earlier> but this color work is new to me and struck when I saw it. Have to> check those Indo-China books.>> I thought I saw his picture in a NG issue last year that had an> article on their photographers (maybe Oct 95 or so). Looked like in> his forties or early fifties at most. You mention he's been working> in China for 40 years. How old is he really?>> Regards,>> KariA bit of info, and an embarassing mistake adm! itted:I looked up Barbey's bio in the book In Our Time, published by a

[Donal Philby <donalphilby@earthlink.net>]

Kari Eloranta wrote:
>
> Hi Donal,
>
> Thanks for the interesting bit on Barbey. Seen his bw-work earlier
> but this color work is new to me and struck when I saw it. Have to
> check those Indo-China books.
>
> I thought I saw his picture in a NG issue last year that had an
> article on their photographers (maybe Oct 95 or so). Looked like in
> his forties or early fifties at most. You mention he's been working
> in China for 40 years. How old is he really?
>
> Regards,
>
> Kari

A bit of info, and an embarassing mistake admitted:

I looked up Barbey's bio in the book In Our Time, published by and
about the history of Magnum.  Bruno Barbey was born Feb 13, 1941 in,
interestingly, Morocco. Has contributed to many travel books,
specifically Iran: Rebirth of a Timeless Empire; Nigeria ('78); Bombay
('79); Poland ('82); Portugal ('88).

Sometime my brain mixes up Barbey and Marc Riboud.  The vague
alliterations in the names, perhaps.  It is Marc Riboud who really did
the books on North Vietnam (the Face of North Vietnam; 1970) and Ankor
Wat and has the 40-year China retrospective. He took first pix of
china in 1957 and in 66 published The Three Banners of China.  Riboud
and Barbey's sensibilities are similar, although I think Barbey shoots
more color.  Riboud was born in 1923 and has more book credits than my
computer has bytes.

Sorry for the mix up, but it did get me to venture into the Magnum
book, always a pleasure and inspiration.

- --Donal Philby
  San Diego