Bruno Barbey (1941) is a Moroccan-born French photographer. Throughout his four-decade career, he has traveled across five continents, photographing many wars.
Barbey was born in Morocco and in 1959-1960 he studied photography and graphic arts at the Ecole des Arts et Métiers in Vevey, Switzerland. During the 1960s he was commissioned to photograph European and African countries by Editions Rencontre in Lausanne. In 1964 Barbey began a relationship with Magnum Photos, becoming an Associate member in 1966, and a full member in 1968, at which time he was photographing student riots in Paris. He eventually served as Magnum vice president for Europe in 1978 and 1979 and from 1992-1995 as President of Magnum International.
He spent 1979 to 1981 photographing Poland, resulting in his book Poland. He rejects the label of 'war photographer', although he has covered civil wars in Nigeria, Vietnam, the Middle East, Cambodia, Northern Ireland, Iraq, Kuwait, and the liberation war in Bangladesh. From 2005 Barbey has, among other work, been pursuing a project on Istanbul.
Over four decades Barbey has journeyed across five continents and into numerous military conflicts. Although he rejects the label of 'war photographer', he has covered civil wars in Nigeria, Vietnam, the Middle East, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Northern Ireland, Iraq, and Kuwait. His work has appeared in most of the world's major magazines.
Barbey is known particularly for his free and harmonious use of color. He has frequently worked in Morocco, the country of his childhood. In 1999 the Petit Palais, Paris, organized a large exhibition of photographs that Barbey had taken in Morocco during the previous three decades. He has received many awards for his work, including the French National Order of Merit; his photographs have been exhibited internationally and are in numerous museum collections. In 2016, he is elected as a member of the French Academy of Fine Arts.
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Barbey was born in Morocco and in 1959-1960 he studied photography and graphic arts at the Ecole des Arts et Métiers in Vevey, Switzerland. During the 1960s he was commissioned to photograph European and African countries by Editions Rencontre in Lausanne. In 1964 Barbey began a relationship with Magnum Photos, becoming an Associate member in 1966, and a full member in 1968, at which time he was photographing student riots in Paris. He eventually served as Magnum vice president for Europe in 1978 and 1979 and from 1992-1995 as President of Magnum International.
He spent 1979 to 1981 photographing Poland, resulting in his book Poland. He rejects the label of 'war photographer', although he has covered civil wars in Nigeria, Vietnam, the Middle East, Cambodia, Northern Ireland, Iraq, Kuwait, and the liberation war in Bangladesh. From 2005 Barbey has, among other work, been pursuing a project on Istanbul.
Over four decades Barbey has journeyed across five continents and into numerous military conflicts. Although he rejects the label of 'war photographer', he has covered civil wars in Nigeria, Vietnam, the Middle East, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Northern Ireland, Iraq, and Kuwait. His work has appeared in most of the world's major magazines.
Barbey is known particularly for his free and harmonious use of color. He has frequently worked in Morocco, the country of his childhood. In 1999 the Petit Palais, Paris, organized a large exhibition of photographs that Barbey had taken in Morocco during the previous three decades. He has received many awards for his work, including the French National Order of Merit; his photographs have been exhibited internationally and are in numerous museum collections. In 2016, he is elected as a member of the French Academy of Fine Arts.
© 2020. All content on this blog is protected by international copyright laws All images are copyrighted © by Bruno Barbey. Apart from fair dealing for the purpose of private study, research, criticism or review as permitted under the Copyright Act, the use of any image from this site is prohibited unless prior written permission is obtained. All images used for illustrative purposes only
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| 1962, Liguria region. Town of Genoa, Italy |
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| 1964, Palermo, Italy |
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| 1966, La Toscana |
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| 1969, The “Casbah”, Algiers, Algeria |
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| 1973, Carnival Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
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| 1973, Municipal ball, Carnival, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
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| 1979, Carapou (mackerel) fish dry in the sun, Estremadura region, Nazare, Portugal |
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| 1980, Buddha toes, Leshan |
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| 1981, Silesia region. Kalwaria Zebrzydowska village, Poland |
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| 1985, Moulay Ismael Mausoleum (Muslim shrine), Morocco |
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| 1987, Tiznit, south of Agadir, Morocco |
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| 1991, A boy plays in the Riviere of Galets, Réunion |
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| 1991, Burgan oil fields burning, Kuwait |
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| 1991, Kuwait |
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| 1992, Portugal |
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| 1995, Unloading tuna fish, General Santos City harbor, Philippines |
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| 1997, Tokyo, Japan |
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| 2000, Town of Bukhara, Uzbekistan |
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| 2002, Village of Maadid, near Erfoud, Morocco |
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| 2007, Han riverside park, Mangwon area, Seoul, South Korea |
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| 2008, The Amazon River, Belem, Brazil |
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| 2008, Busan, Korea |
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| 2008, Maranhao, Sao Luis, Brazil |
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| 2010, A Chinese worker installs an advertisement with a night view of Shanghai on the Nanjing Road shopping street |
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| 2010, Shanghai, China |
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| 2010, Subway entrance, Shanghai, China |
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| 2013, Halloween, New York City |
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| 2014, South Korea |
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| 2015, Shandong province, Qingdao, China |
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| 2016, Guangzhou, China |
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| 2016, Hong Kong |
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| 2016, Pingyao, China |
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| Istanbul, Turkey |
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