Social Revolution

Social Revolution

Photograph

René Burri

Maker
Swiss, 1933–2014

Social Revolution

Made in Japan


1962
Gelatin silver print
Image: 9 1/16 × 6 1/8 in. (23 × 15.5 cm)
Paper: 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
Gift of Time-Life Books
1968.0184.0184
Inscriptions Typed in black ink on applied label, verso RC: (Made in Japan) 2/62 24) SOCIAL REVOLUTION accompanies Japan's \ economic prosperity. Women are increasingly going \ to work in industries such as this Toshiba television \ plant. Factory girls earn $36 a month and up, with \ many fringe benefits. \ Credit: Rene Burri © 1962 MAGNUM PHOTOS
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