Modern Way
Photograph

René Burri

Maker
Swiss, 1933–2014

Modern Way

Threatened Temples of the Nile


1962
Gelatin silver print
Image: 6 1/2 × 9 9/16 in. (16.5 × 24.3 cm)
Paper: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Gift of Time-Life Books
1968.0184.0366
Inscriptions Typed in black ink on applied label, verso BC: (Niles Temples) 9/62 24) MODERN WAY: On the banks of the Nile, Egyptian \ workers use a dump-cart in one of the many construction \ operations related to the building of the new Aswan High \ Dam - which may set an all-time high in the number of \ man-hours devoted to one project. \ Credit: René Burri © 1962 MAGNUM Photos
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