Henri Cartier-Bresson (Photofile)

by Henri Cartier-Bresson (Photographer), Michael Brenson (Introduction)

Overview

Gorgeous duotones that show how, for Cartier-Bresson, art is an expression of common humanity.

Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004) studied painting before taking up photography in his early twenties. One of the founders of the photography agency Magnum (together with Robert Capa and others), he is best known for the skill with which he captured the most fleeting of scenes. This volume includes his photographs of France, Spain, America, India, Russia, Mexico, and pre-revolutionary China.

About the series: The classic Photofile series brings together the best work of the world's greatest photographers in an attractive format and at a reasonable price. Handsome and collectible, the books are produced to the highest standards. Each volume contains some sixty full-page reproductions printed in superb duotone, together with a critical introduction and a full bibliography. Now back in print, the series was awarded the first annual prize for distinguished photographic books by the International Center of Photography.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780500410608
Publisher:	Thames & Hudson
Publication date:	01/17/2007
Series:	Photofile
Pages:	144
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.60(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908–2004) brought a new aesthetic and practice to photography, initiated modern photojournalism, and cofounded Magnum Photos. In 2003, with his wife and daughter, he created Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson in Paris for the preservation of his work.

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Henri Cartier-Bre V2

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By Henri Cartier-Bresson

Aperture

Copyright ©1987 Henri Cartier-Bresson
All right reserved.
ISBN: 0893812811

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Foreword

The work of Henri Cartier-Bresson is internationally renowned and widely celebrated. His idiosyncratic approach to reportage has produced many classic images of contemporary iconography.

This new collection of city and landscapes by Henri Cartier-Bresson taken over a lifetime of travel to far-flung locales in every corner of the globe demonstrates his ability to capture a subtlety of vision at the decisive moment. From the stillness of classical Greek ruins to the puffing and belching of a modern factory chimney, each of the photographs in this volume-whether of natural or urban views-reaches to the core of human existence.

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