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Henri Cartier-Bresson : Photographer by Yves Bonnefoy (2020, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherPrestel Gmbh & Co KG.

ISBN-10379138483X

ISBN-139783791384832

eBay Product ID (ePID)21038719022

Product Key Features

Book TitleHenri Cartier-Bresson : Photographer

Number of Pages344 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2020

TopicIndividual Photographers / Monographs, Subjects & Themes / Historical, General, Subjects & Themes / Lifestyles

IllustratorYes

GenrePhotography

AuthorYves Bonnefoy

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.6 in

Item Weight96.8 Oz

Item Length11.5 in

Item Width11.9 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2021-288327

Dewey Edition23

Photographed byCartier-Bresson, Henri

Dewey Decimal779.092

SynopsisThis book offers an outstanding retrospective collection of the master of 20th-century photography, Henri Cartier-Bresson. Reproduced in exquisite black and white, the images in this book range from Henri Cartier-Bresson's earliest work in France, Spain, and Mexico through his postwar travels in Asia, the US, and Russia, and even include landscapes from the 1970s, when he retired his camera to pursue drawing. While his instinct for capturing what he called the decisive moment was unparalleled, as a photojournalist Cartier-Bresson was uniquely concerned with the human impact of historic events. In his photographs of the liberation of France from the Nazis, the death of Ghandi, and the creation of the People's Republic of China in 1949, Cartier-Bresson focused on the reactions of the crowds rather than the subjects of the events. And while his portraits of Sartre, Giacometti, Faulkner, Capote, and other artists are iconic, he gave equal attention to those forgotten by history: a dead resistance fighter lying on the bank of the Rhine, children playing alongside the Berlin Wall, and a eunuch in Peking's Imperial Court. Divided into six thematic sections, the book presents the photographs in spare double-page spreads. In a handwritten note included at the end of the book, Cartier-Bresson writes, "In order to give meaning to the world, one must feel involved in what one singles out through the viewfinder." His work shows how he has been able to capture the decisive moment with such extreme humility and profound humanity.

LC Classification NumberTR650.C336 2020