Henri Cartier-Bresson
by Pierre Assouline
The definitive biography of the greatest photographer of modern times - a vital addition to the library of everyone with an interest in photography.
Henri Cartier-Bresson was the eye of the 20th century. His lens chronicled the decisive moments of his time - from Chinese communist victories to the Spanish Civil War and the Liberation of Paris. A co-founder of Magnum Photos, Cartier-Bresson produced unparalleled portraits of his contemporaries, capturing the spirit of Albert Camus, Jean-Paul Sartre and William Faulkner.
Cartier-Bresson took Pierre Assouline into his confidence over a number of years, detailing his youthful devotion to surrealism, lifelong passion for drawing, and experiences of war and prison camps. This sensitive biography emerges from a meeting of two minds, revealed with the same truth as one of Cartier Bresson's photographs.
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Table of Contents
Introduction • 1. Family Threads: 1908–27 • 2. The Decisive Moments 1927–31 • 3. The Artist in Search of His Medium 1932–35 • 4. The End of the Old World 1936–39 • 5. Nationality: Escapee 1939–46 • 6. From New York to New Delhi 1946–50 • 7. The World is His Studio 1950–70 • 8. Towards Another Life 1970–2004
Review
'There is no better book to help readers to understand his motivation and fascination for documenting the world, individuals and historic individuals on film' - The Times
'Cartier-Bresson's life sweeps by with a vitality that wouldn't be out of place in one of his photographs' - Royal Photographic Society Journal
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