René Burri

Known for: his 1963 portrait of Che Guevara; Magnum photojournalism

René Burri joined Magnum Photos in 1959 and over the following decades photographed in Cuba, China, Brazil, and throughout the Middle East. His 1963 photograph of Che Guevara smoking a cigar in Havana — taken during a brief and unplanned encounter in the minister's office — became one of the most widely reproduced political portraits of the twentieth century. He was also the author of a significant monograph on the Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer.