Katri Burri – Photography

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

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

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

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

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

Kenia (1986). © Katri Burri

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

Synagogue in Warsaw (1977). © Katri Burri

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sea off Hull, England, 1988 © Katri Burri

Hotel in Thessaloniki, 1995. © Katri Burri

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

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

Asylum © Katri Burri

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Kosher restaurant in Warsaw (1977). © Katri Burri

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

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

X-ray in Buchs. (Bau+Holz, 1988). © Katri Burri, (text) Ruedi Jost

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

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

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