Title:                   Henri Cartier-Bresson: the Man, the Image and the World - A Retrospective

Author(s):         Robert Delpire (Michael Derez, Maud Moor, Philippe Arbaizar, Jean Clair, Peter Galassi)

Language:        English (Translation from French by Jane Brenton)

Print Format:    Hardback / Hardcover

Binding:            Luxury Cloth Book with Dustcover

Edition:             US 1st Thus

RRP:                  $75.00 (unclipped)

Publisher:        Thames & Hudson Ltd (US) / Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson

ISBN-10:           0500542678

Condition:        Like New: Tightly bound crisp white high-quality pages of black and white photographs. No tanning, spotting, tears or holes. Light shelf marks to dustcover only, which is not clipped. See Photos. 

About the Artist:  Henri Cartier-Bresson was a French humanist Photographer considered a master of candid photography. He was an early adopter of 35mm film and pioneered the genre of street photography viewing photography as capturing a decisive moment.  He was one of the finest image makers of our time. Born in 1908, he studied painting before embarking on a career in photography in the 1930s. In 1940 he was captured by the Germans and spent three years in prisoner-of-war camps before escaping to join the Paris underground. With Robert Capa, David Seymour and others, he founded the photographic agency Magnum Photos in 1947. His work took him all over the world - from Europe to India, Burma, Pakistan, China, Japan, Indonesia, Bali, Russia, the Middle East, Cuba, Mexico, the United States and Canada. 

Summary: This 2003 collection of Cartier-Bresson's work, created on the occasion of his 95th birthday, provides the ultimate retrospective look at a lifetime's achievement. It includes the first photographs taken by him, a significant number of which have never been published, rarely seen work from all periods of his life, classic photographs that have become icons of the medium, and a generous selection of drawings, paintings and film stills. The book also features personal souvenirs of Cartier-Bresson's youth, his family and the founding of Magnum. An ideal gift for professional photographers and fans of Magnum alike. 

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