Henri Cartier-Bresson : Le siècle collection moderne

Product Name: Henri Cartier-Bresson : Le siècle collection moderne
price：38.03 yearPublished：2010 Author：Cartier-Bresson, Henri Book Title：Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Modern Century Language：English Format：Hardcover collection ISBN：0870707787
Offers an entirely new understanding of the photographers extraordinary career and its overlapping contexts of journalism and art Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908–2004) is one of the most influential and beloved figures in the history of photography. His inventive work of the early 1930s helped define the creative potential of modern photography. Following World War II, he helped found the Magnum photo agency, which enabled photojournalists to reach a broad audience through magazines such as Life while retaining control over their work. Cartier-Bresson would go on to produce major bodies of photographic reportage, capturing such events as China during the revolution, the Soviet Union after Stalins death, the United States in the postwar boom and Europe as its older cultures confronted modern realities. Published to accompany an exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art, this is the first major publication to make full use of the extensive holdings of the Fondation Cartier-Bresson―including thousands of prints and a vast resource of documents relating to the photographers life and work. The heart of the book surveys Cartier-Bressons career through 300 photographs divided into 12 chapters. While many of his most famous pictures are included, a great number of images will be unfamiliar even to specialists. A wide-ranging essay by Peter Galassi, Chief Curator of Photography at the Museum, offers an entirely new understanding of Cartier-Bressons extraordinary career and its overlapping contexts of journalism and art. The extensive supporting material―featuring detailed chronologies of the photographers professional travels and of spreads of his picture stories as they appeared in magazines―will revolutionize the study of Cartier-Bressons work..