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Werner Bischof


Plates contributed

The 3 plates attributed to Werner Bischof in the 1955 MoMA Master Checklist (Exhibition #569).

ID Country Section Year View
photo-0027 Japan Marriage and childbirth Clervaux
photo-0192 Japan Relationships and community Clervaux
photo-0208 Hungary Relationships and community Clervaux

Notes

Plate #30 (Marriage, Japan). Checklist nationality: Swiss. Born Zurich, 26 Apr 1916; died 16 May 1954 in the Peruvian Andes on LIFE assignment — nine days before his Magnum co-member Robert Capa. His plate was contributed to The Family of Man posthumously.

External biography

https://www.magnumphotos.com/photographer/werner-bischof/

Sources
  • src-moma-exh-0569-master-checklist
  • src-nyt-1954-bischof-obit
  • src-magnum-photographer-bios
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