Katri Burri – Photography

A mother and her two children get some warmth. (Bau+Holz, 1988). © Katri Burri, (text) Ruedi Jost

The 12-by-15-meter floorcloth is painted to look like rock, Zurich Opera House (TAM, 1989). © Katri Burri, (text) Fritz Hirzel

Hull, England (1988): Every evening there’s the spectacle of car ferries sailing. © Katri Burri, (text) Artur K. Vogel

Sea off Hull, England, 1988 © Katri Burri

At this point, still alive, they’re hung on the conveyor. (SEG Zell, WoZ 1985). © Katri Burri, (text) Al Imfeld

Seasonal workers from Yugoslavia in Buchs. (Bau+Holz, 1988). © Katri Burri, (text) Ruedi Jost

Kosher restaurant in Warsaw (1977). © Katri Burri

Relatives at the hospital in Sagata, Sudan (TAM, 1980). © Katri Burri, (text) Till Lincke

On the poultry slaughtering and processing line. (SEG Zell, WoZ 1985). © Katri Burri, (text) Al Imfeld

Hotel in Thessaloniki, 1995. © Katri Burri

Baggage and snowy landscape seen from the train in Buchs. (Bau+Holz, 1988). © Katri Burri, (text) Ruedi Jost

Hull, England (1988): Bones, heads, and tails fly around as fish are filleted. © Katri Burri, (text) Artur K. Vogel

Seasonal workers at passport control at Zurich airport. (Bau+Holz, 1988). © Katri Burri, (text) Ruedi Jost

Seasonal worker from Yugoslavia in Buchs. (Bau+Holz, 1988). © Katri Burri, (text) Ruedi Jost

Film director Idrissa Ouedraogo in Burkina Faso. (TAM, 1989). © Katri Burri, (text) Miklos Gimes

Dinka: 4,000 head of cattle in a camp near Kongor. Cow dung is gathered, dried, and then used as fuel, South Sudan (TAM, 1981). © Katri Burri, (text) Till Lincke

Kosher restaurant in Warsaw (1977). © Katri Burri

Hull, England (1988): They put up with the foul smell. © Katri Burri, (text) Artur K. Vogel

Poster, South Sudan, 1980. © Katri Burri, Till Lincke

Waiting room for the refugee camp doctor, Sudan (1980). © Katri Burri, Till Lincke

Eritrean refugees, Sudan (1980). © Katri Burri, Till Lincke

Seasonal worker from Yugoslavia in Buchs. (Bau+Holz, 1988). © Katri Burri, (text) Ruedi Jost

The bucket-wheel excavator, designed for coalmining, only manages 35 kilometers in the first two years. (TAM, South Sudan 1981). © Katri Burri, (text) Till Lincke

The German author Albert Vigoleis Thelen lived in Switzerland (wife Beatrice). (TAM, 1987). © Katri Burri, (text) Peter Haffner

Kenyan tea factory worker. (TAM, 1986). © Katri Burri, (text) Margrit Wartmann

Hull, England (1988): the BP chemicals factory creates clean jobs. © Katri Burri, (text) Artur K. Vogel

A seasonal worker provides entertainment with his bouzouki-like instrument. (Bau+Holz, 1988). © Katri Burri, (text) Ruedi Jost

Hotel, Gedaref, Sudan (1980). © Katri Burri, Till

Tea factory in Kenya. (TAM, 1986). © Katri Burri, (text) Margrit Wartmann

The official office in Mogadishu, Somalia. (TAM, 1984). © Katri Burri, (text) Al Imfeld

Asylum © Katri Burri

Children in Mogadishu, Somalia. (1984). © Katri Burri

Kenia (1986). © Katri Burri

Yaaba, a film by Idrissa Ouedraogo, reporting on life in a village in Burkina Faso. (TAM, 1989). © Katri Burri, (text) Miklos Gimes

Jonglei Canal; South Sudan (TAM, 1981). © Katri Burri, (text) Till Lincke

The German author Albert Vigoleis Thelen in Switzerland. (TAM, 1987). © Katri Burri, (text) Peter Haffner

Watering hole at the Um-Guldsha camp, Sudan, 6am (TAM, 1980). © Katri Burri, (text) Till Lincke

Mogadishu, Somalia. (1984). © Katri Burri

Buchs-Birkenau medical services building. (Bau+Holz, 1988). © Katri Burri, (text) Ruedi Jost

The backdrop is sewn, Zurich Opera House (TAM, 1989). © Katri Burri, (text) Fritz Hirzel

Seasonal workers from Yugoslavia enter Switzerland in Buchs. (Bau+Holz, 1988). © Katri Burri, (text) Ruedi Jost

Lighting rehearsal at the opera house, Zurich (TAM, 1989). © Katri Burri, (text) Fritz Hirzel

A game of cards after a home visit: Dr. Ernst Burri fostered close contact with his patients. © Katri Burri, (text) Claudia Roth

The last egg is removed from the boiling hens. (SEG Zell, WoZ 1985). © Katri Burri, (text) Al Imfeld

All-round doctor. Surgery in the morning, home visits in the afternoon: country doctor Dr. Ernst Burri from Malters (Canton Lucerne) is always on duty. © Katri Burri, (text) Claudia Roth

The history of tea in Kenya (TAM, 1986). © Katri Burri, (text) Margrit Wartmann

Drunkard at a Federal Gymnastics Festival in Lucerne (1991). © Katri Burri

Yaaba, a film by Idrissa Ouedraogo, reporting on life in a village in Burkina Faso. (TAM, 1989). © Katri Burri, (text) Miklos Gimes