Age-Old Methods

Age-Old Methods

Photograph

René Burri

Maker
Swiss, 1933–2014

Age-Old Methods

Threatened Temples of the Nile


1962
Gelatin silver print
Image: 6 7/16 × 9 5/8 in. (16.4 × 24.4 cm)
Paper: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Gift of Time-Life Books
1968.0184.0364
Inscriptions Typed in black ink on applied label, verso BC: (Nile Temples) 9/62 22) AGE-OLD METHODS: fellahin dig a diversion \ canal \ on the Aswan High Dam site near Abu Simbel Temples \ using methods of the past to build for the future. \ Credit: René Burri © 1962 MAGNUM Photos
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