«Меня часто спрашивают, какие мои фотографии я считаю лучшими. Мой ответ: те, которые я сделаю завтра».
Марку Рибо (Marc Riboud) было 14 лет, когда он впервые взял в руки фотоаппарат — старый кодак своего отца. Эта камера дала первый толчок увлечению, которое он пронес через всю жизнь. Инженер по образованию, Марк Рибо в самом начале своей карьеры взял недельный отпуск — пофотографировать театральный фестиваль в Лионе. Этих семи дней оказалось достаточно: он никогда больше не вернулся на прежнее место работы.
Moscow, Russia, 1960 Taken three years after the proclamation of the independence of Ghana (1957), this photo shows that colonial habits still persist to this day | Accra, 1960 Anshan, China, 1957 Beijing, China, 1965 Like thousands of his countrymen, this young mother fled the war of independence in Bangladesh to give birth to her child in a refugee camp in Calcutta | Calcutta, 1971 Camel’s market | Nagaur, Rajasthan, India, 1956 Forbidden City | Beijing, China, 1957 The Japanese hide their mouths when they laugh, because it’s indecent to show the laughter | Grand magasin, Tokyo, 1958 In front of the Jaipur Palace | India, 1956
Jardin des Tuileries | Paris, 1953 Karlovy Vary, 1962 Kenya, 1961 Marc was shy. Robert Capa, who wanted to help, told him: «Go to London to see the girls and learn English». «I spent a year in London, recalls Marc. I have not seen girls (difficult to verify), but I’ve taken thousands of photos». The East End has always been a poor neighborhood, unsanitary and overcrowded London. Today, this is where the future is built Olympic Stadium. Londres, East End, 1954 Los Angeles, 1959 North Vietnam, 1969 Palerme, 1976 Paris, 1953 Marc’s disabled daughter Paris, May, 1968 Paul VI | Vatican, 1972 Death of pope Pie XII | Rome, 1958 Skating in front of the Forbidden City | China, 1957 Varanasi, India, 1956 This famous photo of Marc Riboud, taken in Washington during a protest against the war in Vietnam, is etched in our memories in black and white. It took more than thirty years to discover color. It is by no means a colorization. Marc had forgotten that he had used another box loaded with color film. Now, we know that the flower in the picture is pink. As the name of the young woman: Jane Rose Kasmir. Washington, EUA, 1967 Yugoslavia, 1953 The queue at the Lenin’s Mausoleum in Red Square | Moscow, 1960 A wedding | St. Tropez, 1951 The vast majority of Algerians were illiterate. Here, for the workers of a company to elect their representatives, they wear numbers | Algeria, Mitidja, 1963 Divorce | Beijing, 1965 Iran, 1979 Istanbul, 1999 The British Museum, Greek dialogue between a horse came from the Parthenon and a very worthy subject of his majesty | London, 1954 Moscow, 1960 Moscow, 1967 Near Chartres, 1953 Paris, 1953 Pingyao, China, 2001 Auschwitz train | Queens, 2003, Museum of Contemporary Art Russian school, 1965 The Alcan Highway, or Alaska-Canadian Highway, crosses the north (Delta Junction) to the south (Dawon Creek) | Alaska, 1958 The Indian sun will soon remove Kali’s statue and the numerous arms | Calcutta, India, 1956 Cuba, 1963 Fidel Castro interviewed by Jean Daniel | Cuba, 1963 Hard jobs are given of course also to the women | Moscow, 1961 Strange reflections at the edge of a Dutch canal | Holland, 1994 Through the lace of the Galata Bridge, to the Golden Horn, does this poor little boy dream about big trips? | Istanbul, 1955 The cult of Kali solicits all imagination of the Indian sculptors | Kali’s festival, Calcutta, India, 1956 «When I crossed this pass, I hesitated. As I like to travel slowly, the arrow of right attracted me» | Khyber Pass, Afghanistan, 1955 Football match at Wembley | London, 1954 In front of diptych Adam and Eve (1507) of Albrecht Durer | Museum of Prado, Madrid, 1988 Turkey, 1955 Behind the scenes of a theater | Osaka, 1958 The Duke of Windsor had established a clinic for cats and dogs | Paris, 1953 Eugene Ionesco during a rehearsal of «O Calcutta» | Paris, 1971 Isabela Farova, daughter of Anna Farova, signatory of Charter 77 and member of the big photographic family | Prague, 1981 Salvador Dali | Sapin, 1964 This very popular seaside station, the closest to London, shelters here the intimacy of a couple | Southend-on-Sea, England, 1955 Tokyo, 1958 Turkey, 1956 Which of the two matrons will seduce the beautiful Apollo | Museum of Prado, Madrid, 1988 Wings of a night club | Tokyo, 1958