Henri Cartier Bresson Masters Photography

Henri Cartier Bresson Masters Photography

Henri Cartier-Bresson reveals–as only a few outstanding artists have done consistently–the assortment and richness of humane experience in the twentieth century. This second volume of Aperture’s Masters of Photography series confirms the talent of the photographer who–with the new, smaller, hand-held cameras and more quickly 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 allround the world, he has captured glances of person 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 masterwork of the medium. In addition, Cartier-Bresson offers a brief statement when it comes to what drives his work.

Review”The photography of Henri Cartier-Bresson has resulted in a body of work distinguishable in the history of this craft, not alone in kind but in quality. Apart from the fact that he is responsible for more person unforgettable images than any other photographer in his epoch, his attitude toward his art . . . is based on a system of belief at once traditional, logical, and exemplary.”–Lincoln Kirstein
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About the AuthorBorn in Chanteloup, France, in 1908, Henri Cartier-Bresson studied painting and creative writing of recognized artisti value until 1930, when he started out his career in photography. His work has appeared in hundreds of publications and in museums and galleries around the world. His awards include four from the Overseas Press Club. Since 1973 he has concentrated on drawing.

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12 of 14 humans found the following review helpful.
A True Master
By George Black
If Cartier-Bresson did not give rise to the art of 35mm street photography, he surely brought it to the attention of other severe photographers and the public. Trained as a painter, his eye for composition was unerring, but it was his intuition for the defining humane 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 perchance to inspire further study. He was a unfeigned master of the art.

11 of 13 persons found the following review helpful.
Nice little collection
By Bukkene Bruse
This collection is a nice, compact, and inexpensive sample of Cartier-Bresson’s photographs. I would have prefered the book to be a little more prominent to concede for more spectacular pictures. The print quality is decent. I was disappointed that my bestloved photograph by him, the one of the bicyclist going by the staircase entitled “Hyères, France”, was absent.

6 of 7 persons found the following review helpful.
Best of Bresson
By M. R. Schweppe
A lovely little book showing the most widely known and esteemed pictures of Henri Cartier-Bresson on 95 pages only. A must-have for the Cartier-Bresson fans or a outstanding initial book to have on this extremely pleasing photographer.

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