Vintage Art Photography Book, "Henri Cartier-Bresson: Photographer", Foreword by Yves Bonnefoy; Translation by Frances Frenaye

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Offered is a revised (1992) reprinting (2008) of art photography book "Henri Cartier-Bresson: Photographer", first published in 1979. This is … Read more Offered is a revised (1992) reprinting (2008) of art photography book "Henri Cartier-Bresson: Photographer", first published in 1979. This is a massive, defining retrospective of the 20th-century master. The book acts as a visual biography, beautifully reproducing his legendary black-and-white images from his early European travels to postwar Asia, and offers a masterclass in his "decisive moment" philosophy.
Publisher Bulfinch, Boston
ISBN 9780821219867 / 0821219863
Dimensions 11.5" x 12" x 1.25", Weight 6 lbs, Pages 338
Hardcover/Dust Jacket, brown boards, embossed cover
The book is organized into six thematic sections featuring spare, double-page spreads. Rather than just a collection of his iconic, split-second street photos, it spans a broad scope of historical photojournalism. It captures crowds reacting to the liberation of France and the creation of the People's Republic of China. Intimate yet respectful images of artists and thinkers like Jean-Paul Sartre, Truman Capote, and William Faulkner. A profound empathy for forgotten subjects, from children playing by the Berlin Wall to crowds in India. Cartier-Bresson treated his Leica and 35mm or 50mm lenses as mere extensions of his eye and sketchbook, focusing entirely on composition rather than technical darkroom processes. The book provides a look at the "godfather of photojournalism", who championed the alignment of mind, eye, and geometry within a fleeting instant. See less