Memories of their Losses

Memories of their Losses

Photograph

René Burri

Maker
Swiss, 1933–2014

Memories of their Losses

South Korea - Democracy on Trial


1961
Gelatin silver print
Image: 9 1/8 × 6 1/8 in. (23.2 × 15.6 cm)
Paper: 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
Gift of Time-Life Books
1968.0184.0076
Inscriptions Typed in black ink on applied label, verso BC: (Korea) 10/61 8) MEMORIES OF THEIR LOSSES make Korean widows weep at \ Korean Memorial Day in honor of the more than 140,000 war dead in \ the cemetery near Seoul. The war also devestated over three billion \ dollars in property. \ Credit: Rene Burri © 1961 MAGNUM Photos
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