The truth of the lyrics of our history in photographs by Marc Riboud

Marc Riboud is a French photographer and photojournalist with more than 60 years of experience, one of the most famous photographers in the world. Riboud began experimenting with his father's Kodak camera in 1937, but then studied engineering and later he worked in this specialty. Only 15 years later he again turned to photography and devoted himself entirely to this art, studying with such legendary photographers as Henri Cartier-Bresson, and gaining a unique and well-known subsequently for the whole world style.

Ruby has become known for his revealing stories about various political clashes, including the series of photos about the cultural revolution in China and about the Vietnam war. For many years, the photographer skillfully conveyed the aspects of a normal life during a very unstable situation with his usual fine perception and directness.

One of the most famous works — a young woman with a Daisy (a symbol of peace) facing soldiers with bayonets, became the global anti-war way. Moreover, this picture is a symbol of the movement "flower Power".

Marc Riboud once wrote: "I have always touched more beauty than violence or ugliness. Great happiness to be able to see the world order in disarray, to find rhymes and rhythms through the viewfinder of the camera."

(Total 16 photos)

Source: mymodernmet.com

Paris, 1953. A man paints the Eiffel tower.

Morocco, 1979.

Istanbul, 1955. Poor boy, perhaps, dreaming of distant wanderings, pushing his head through the hole in the Galata bridge across the Golden horn.

Turkey, 1955. The construction of the Seyhan dam in Adana province.

Beijing, 1965. Windows facing the street Lumican, which was located Antiques shops. It was here during the cultural revolution people had to come and give the family jewels without getting anything in return.

Yugoslavia, 1953. The girl wore a bikini, causing the disapproval of his grandmother.

Cambodia, 1969. Young Khmer bathed in one of the moats with water on the territory of the temple complex of Angkor.

India, in 1956. In the Ganges river to wash the elephants.

India, in 1956. After bathing in the Ganges the Indians sun-dried dhoti traditional men's clothing.

South Africa, 1998. This is not the surface of the moon, and the pristine landscape of KwaZulu-Natal.

Near the Turkish border, Iran, 1955.

India, in 1956. Darjeeling town, which is located in the Eastern Himalayas, is often shrouded with mists and a drizzling rain that is favorable for the growth of the famous tea of the same name.

The city of Split, Yugoslavia, 1953.

On the Galata bridge, Istanbul, 1953.

Yugoslavia, 1953. A man jumps into the water from the city wall of Dubrovnik.