- Hardcover: 96 pages
- Publisher: Aperture; New edition edition (Jun 14 2000)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0893817449
- ISBN-13: 978-0893817442
- Product Dimensions: 21 x 21 x 1.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 499 g
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Henri Cartier-Bresson reveals--as only a few great artists have done consistently--the variety and richness of human experience in the twentieth century. This second volume of Aperture's Masters of Photography series confirms the genius of the photographer who--with the new, smaller, hand-held cameras and faster films--defined the idea of "the decisive moment" in photography. Cartier-Bresson's imagery is intimate but utterly respectful of his subjects. In his travels throughout the world, he has captured glimpses of individual lives in scores of countries. Taken together, Cartier-Bresson's works constitute a personal history of epic scope. This volume presents forty-two of the artist's photographs, each recognized as a masterpiece of the medium. In addition, Cartier-Bresson offers a brief statement about what drives his work. Hardcover, 8 x 8 in./96 pgs
About the Author
Michael Brenson is an art critic and the author of numerous books, including Visionaries and Outcasts, Acts of Engagement and Culture in Action.
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Nice little collection, Jan 7 2005
By Bukkene Bruse - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Henri Cartier-Bresson (Hardcover)
This collection is a nice, compact, and inexpensive sample of Cartier-Bresson's photographs. I would have prefered the book to be a little larger to allow for bigger pictures. The print quality is decent. I was disappointed that my favorite photograph by him, the one of the bicyclist going by the staircase entitled "Hyères, France", was absent.
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A True Master, Oct 5 2005
By George Black - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Henri Cartier-Bresson (Hardcover)
If Cartier-Bresson did not invent the art of 35mm street photography, he certainly brought it to the attention of other serious photographers and the public. Trained as a painter, his eye for composition was unerring, but it was his instinct for the defining human gesture--that he termed "the decisive moment"--that made him one of the immortals of photographic history. As one of the founding members of Magnum, he changed the way we think of photographs and the way we see the world. This book is an introduction to his work. As such, it's all too short, but the economical format makes it possible to see a few decent examples of his work and perhaps to inspire further study. He was a true master of the art.
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Best of Bresson, Jun 25 2006
By M. R. Schweppe - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Henri Cartier-Bresson (Hardcover)
A lovely little book showing the most famous pictures of Henri Cartier-Bresson on 95 pages only. A must-have for the Cartier-Bresson fans or a great first book to have on this fabulous photographer.
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