Soviet Bosses
Photograph

René Burri

Maker
Swiss, 1933–2014

Soviet Bosses

Aswan Dam – Russia's Egyptian Showcase


1962
Gelatin silver print
Image: 6 9/16 × 9 5/8 in. (16.7 × 24.4 cm)
Paper: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Gift of Time-Life Books
1968.0184.0433
Inscriptions Typed in black ink on applied label, verso BC: Typed in black ink on applied label, verso BC: (Aswan)12/62 9) SOVIET BOSSES: Most of the Aswan project's chief engineers \ are Russian; all speak Arabic. Here they sit in conference.\ In all, some 450 Soviet technicians work side by side with \ 7,000 Egyptian laborers. \ Credit: Rene Burri © 1962 MAGNUM Photos
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