Dress of East and West

Dress of East and West

Photograph

René Burri

Maker
Swiss, 1933–2014

Dress of East and West

South Korea - Democracy on Trial


1961
Gelatin silver print
Image: 6 3/16 × 9 1/4 in. (15.7 × 23.5 cm)
Paper: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Gift of Time-Life Books
1968.0184.0072
Inscriptions Typed in black ink on applied label, verso BC: (Koria) [sic] 10/61 4) DRESS OF EAST AND WEST dramatizes the problem Lt. Gen. Pak \ faces in trying to rid South Korea of its backward ways in order \ to found a working demmocracy. These tradition-clad Koreans seem \ perplexed as they pass the junta's jeeps on one of Seoul's main streets. \ The junta's first step was to officially disapprove of such Westernized \ "non-austerity" fashions as neckties and business suits. \ Credit: Rene Burri © 1961 MAGNUM Photos
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