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Henri Cartier-Bresson - Photographer (Hardcover)
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Henri Cartier-Bresson - Photographer (Hardcover)
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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 moments 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 Gandhi, 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.
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