Born in Zurich in 1933, René Burri studied at the Zurich University of the Arts. In addition to his international career as a photojournalist he has worked as a documentary filmmaker and was an accomplished member of Magnum since 1959. Burri’s reputation was established by, among others, his portrait of the cigar-smoking Che Guevara and his series “Die Deutschen.” Burri died in October 2014.