Looking through the Pyramid of the Louvre, Paris
1988 · Gelatin silver print
Image: 29.8 × 19.9 cm (11 3/4 × 7 7/8 in.); Paper: 39.9 × 30 cm (15 3/4 × 11 13/16 in.)
Art Institute of Chicago
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Marc Riboud
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The Photo Essay
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1965
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Edward Steichen Photography Center
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1964
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The Photographer's Eye
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1964
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Photographs for Collectors
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1960
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30th Anniversary Special Installation - Towards the "New" Museum
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1959
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Marc Riboud was a French photographer whose black-and-white images documented political upheaval, cultural transformation, and intimate human moments across Asia, Africa, and the Middle East from the 1950s onward. Working primarily in 35mm film, he developed a visual approach that balanced journalistic precision with a painter's attention to geometry and light. His photographs of the Vietnam War, Chinese Cultural Revolution, and daily life in remote regions appeared in Magnum Photos publications and major international exhibitions. Riboud's work exemplifies postwar humanist photography, combining unflinching documentation with formal subtlety.
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