Size: 155 x 100mm
Paper: 350gsm
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Description at the back: Villagers begging for food. Bihar, India, 1967.
Photographer: Thomas Hoepker
INDIA. Bihar. 1967. Famine and smallpox epidemic. Villagers come out of their huts to beg for food.
Thomas Hoepker (1936) is a German photographer and member of Magnum Photos known for stylish color photo features. He also documented the 9/11 World Trade Center destruction.
He was awarded First Prize for Death in a Cornfield, a TV film on Guatemala, from the German Ministry of Foreign Aid, 1999.