Views on Château Lafite Rothschild - 1980

Marc Riboud joined Magnum Photos in 1953. From 1955 to 1957, he travelled to India, and in 1957, he was one of the first Europeans to go to China. He became vice-president of Magnum for Europe in 1959.

“His ability to capture the ephemeral moments of life, through powerful compositions, was already apparent in the early days and this ability would serve him well in the decades that followed.”

He witnessed the horrors of war and the apparent degradation of cultures that were objects of repression. As a counterpoint, he captured the grace of everyday life in sun-drenched faraway places and the lyricism of children’s games in everyday Paris.