Werner Bischof’s Global Travelogue

Werner Bischof | Carnets de route 1932-1954 A boy plays a pipe on the road to Cuzco, near Pisac, in the Sacred Valley of the Urubamba River. Peru, May, 1954. © Werner Bischof | Magnum Photos

Werner Bischof | Carnets de route 1932-1954 Children in a famine-stricken area run towards trucks delivering corn. State of Bihar, India. 1954. © Werner Bischof | Magnum Photos

Werner Bischof | Carnets de route 1932-1954 The Kathakali dance school, India. 1952. © Werner Bischof | Magnum Photos

Werner Bischof | Carnets de route 1932-1954 Man applies make-up to a boy performing as a Krishna at the Kathakali dance school. India, 1952. © Werner Bischof | Magnum Photos

Werner Bischof | Carnets de route 1932-1954 Designed by 18th-century astronomer Jai Singh the observatory was built over a period of 16 years. It was finished in 1734. Jaipur, India. December, 1952. © Werner Bischof | Magnum Photos

Werner Bischof | Carnets de route 1932-1954 Two women sieve rice in a Hmong village. Indochina (present-day Thailand or Indonesia). 1952. © Werner Bischof | Magnum Photos

Werner Bischof | Carnets de route 1932-1954 People gather for a funeral. Indochina (present-day Thailand or Indonesia). 1952. © Werner Bischof | Magnum Photos

Werner Bischof | Carnets de route 1932-1954 A peasant sleeping. Kau Sai, Hong Kong. 1952. © Werner Bischof | Magnum Photos

Werner Bischof | Carnets de route 1932-1954 Pusan, South Korea. 1952. © Werner Bischof | Magnum Photos

Werner Bischof | Carnets de route 1932-1954 A market scene. Mexico. 1954. © Werner Bischof | Magnum Photos

Werner Bischof | Carnets de route 1932-1954 A woman stands with a bouquet of flowers and her child. Mexico. 1954. © Werner Bischof | Magnum Photos