Maker/Artist
Riboud, Marc
French photographer, 1923-2016
French photographer known for his 60-year career spanning what is considered the golden age of photojournalism. Riboud moved to Paris in 1952 to become a freelance photojournalist and met Cartier-Bresson, who became his mentor. Cartier-Bresson nominated him to join Magnum in 1953, and he worked for the agency until 1979. He was one of the first to photograph Communist China, and spent time in the Soviet Union, Algeria, West Africa, and Asia, notably in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. His work has been exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago,1964; and the International Center of Photography, in 1975, 1988, and 1997. He was the subject of retrospectives at the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris in 1985 and the Maison Européenne de la Photographie in Paris in 2004.
