RENÉ BURRI (* 1933) China, 1964

2 Vintage silver prints each c. 16 x 24 cm (6.3 x 9.4 in) Each with the photographer's agency stamp, handwritten neg. number and diverse annotations in pencil and ink on the reverse Beide Fotografien entstanden im Zuge von Burris Life Reportage über die Volksrepublik China im Jahr 1964. - Familie Ching Chung Hwa isst unter Mao Tse Dungs Porträt zu Mittag. Die Familie lebt in der landwirtschaftlichen Kommune ‘Ma Cheo’, 40 km von Shanghai entfernt, bestehend aus 6700 Haushalten. - Provinz von Henan, eine Baumwoll-Kommune in der Nähe von Luoyang. Kinder spielen “Chinesische Mauer” Both photographs were made in the course of Burris Life reportage on the People’s Republic of China in 1964. - The Ching Chung Hwa family is having lunch under Mao Tse Dung's portrait. They live in the agricultural commune of ‘Ma Cheo’, located 40 km from Shanghai and consiting of about 6700 households. - Province of Henan, a Cotton Commune near Luoyang. Children are playing “The Great Wall”.