France, born 1923 Gelatin silver print, 1965 Collection Museum
of Photographic Arts Gift of Mother Jones International Fund ©
Marc Riboud/Magnum Photos © Museum of Photographic Arts A member
of Magnum, a prestigious group of photojournalists, Marc Riboud
has photographed all over the world. His images display the
sympathy and respect he holds for his subjects in addition to a
sense of strong aesthetic sensibility. Heavily influenced by
Henri Cartier-Bresson, who displayed the same artistic concerns
in his photojournalism, Riboud combines poignant reportage with
refined composition in Riboud’s photograph, Beijing, is part of
a well-known series of images he made of China over the course
of a number of visits that began in 1957. The photograph has
been shot looking out onto the street of Lui Li Chang from the
inside of a building. This street was famous for its art and
antique shops. This is a photograph about framing. Riboud has
arranged the photograph so that we look through different
windows onto a street sc