Henri Cartier-Bresson war ein französischer Fotograf, der als Vater des modernen Fotojournalismus und Meister der Momentfotografie gilt. Als früher Anwender des 35-mm-Formats entwickelte er den Stil der „Straßenfotografie“ oder „Reportage des realen Lebens“, der Generationen von Fotografen beeinflusste. Seine Arbeit zeichnet sich durch das intuitive Erfassen des entscheidenden Augenblicks und einen eleganten Kompositionsgeist aus, der die dokumentarische Fotografie zur Kunstform erhob.
This edition showcases a landmark photobook that has significantly influenced the genre throughout the twentieth century. It highlights the evolution of photographic art and its cultural impact, making it essential for both enthusiasts and scholars. The book features a curated selection of images that exemplify the pivotal moments in photography, reflecting the artistic vision and historical context of its time.
Die Publikationstellt die mexikanischen Fotografien von Helen Levitt denen von Henri Cartier-Bresson gegenüber. Die beiden Fotografen trafen sich erstmals im Frühjahr 1935 in New York. Cartier-Bresson hatte gerade ein Jahr in Mexiko verbracht, während der die Amerikanerin gerade erst begonnen hatte, das New Yorker Straßenleben zu fotografieren. 1941 beschloss Levitt, fasziniert von Cartier-Bressons Arbeit, dasselbe Ziel zu besuchen. Die beiden Reisen nach Mexiko erwiesen sich als Dreh- und Angelpunkte zu Beginn ihrer langen Karrieren, während derer die beiden Fotografen jeweils ihre eigene Auffassung von Fotografie entwickelten.
Une mise en lumière de l'importance de Paris dans la vie et l'œuvre d'Henri Cartier-Bresson, figure majeure de la photographie du XXe siècle. Ses clichés témoignent de grands événements d'actualité comme la Libération en août 1944 ou mai 1968.Exposition au musée Carnavalet, Histoire de Paris du 15 juin 2021 au 31 octobre 2021
Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004) was "the eye of the 20th century" and one of the world's most acclaimed photographers. Paris was his home, on and off, for most of his life and the photographs he took of the city and its people are some of his most recognizable and beloved images. In this volume are 160 photographs taken from a career lasting more than fifty years. Mostly in black and white, this selection reveals the strong influence of pioneering documentary photographer Eugene Atget (1857-1927) on Cartier-Bresson, and the clear visual links with surrealism that infused his early pictures. After an apprenticeship with cubist painter André Lhote in 1932, Cartier-Bresson bought his first Leica, a small portable camera that allowed him to capture the movement and rhythms of daily life in Paris. Camera in hand, Cartier-Bresson observed the Liberation from the Nazis in August 1944 from close quarters and the civil disturbances of May 1968. For decades he also thrived in capturing native Parisians going about their lives in the city, as well as photographing celebrated artists, writers, politicians, and anonymous citizens
The book offers a comprehensive exploration of Henri Cartier-Bresson's career through his "Master Set," a curated selection of 385 significant photographs chosen by the artist himself in the 1970s. Accompanied by personal selections from renowned figures like Annie Leibovitz and Wim Wenders, the volume showcases diverse interpretations of Cartier-Bresson's work. It is divided into two parts: individual curator choices with accompanying texts and the complete Master Set, providing an authoritative panorama of his artistic legacy.
Gespräche über das Leben, die Kunst und die Photographie 1951-1998
Henri Cartier-Bresson, Meister der Fotografie und Pionier des entscheidenden Augenblicks, teilt in diesem Band seine Gedanken und Erlebnisse aus über fünf Jahrzehnten. In zwölf sorgfältig ausgewählten Interviews reflektiert er über seine künstlerischen Einflüsse, darunter Kubismus und Surrealismus, sowie seine Reisen und Begegnungen mit bedeutenden Persönlichkeiten. Er spricht über die Technik und Philosophie seiner Fotografie, die Rolle seiner Leica-Kamera und die Gründung der Agentur Magnum. Diese Sammlung bietet einen einzigartigen Einblick in sein Leben und Werk und ergänzt seine berühmten Bildbände auf authentische Weise.
'Henri Cartier-Bresson - Photographer is the crowning publication of an illustrious career. The foreword by Yves Bonnefoy discusses Cartier-Bresson's creative process, and Cartier-Bresson himself selected all the images for this summation of his finest work. Using the finest quality double impression offset printing and large-scale one-to-a-page presentation, all the famous photographs are here in these pages, alongside recent, less familiar work. In each classic image, the moment is eternal and compassion spills from the frame
One of the most famous books in the history of photography, this volume assembles Cartier-Bresson's best work from his early years.
Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908 2004) was perhaps the finest and most influential image maker of the twentieth century, and his portraits are among his best-known work. Over a fifty-year period, he photographed some of the most eminent personalities of the era, as well as ordinary people, chosen as subjects because of their striking and unusual features. Originally published to coincide with an exhibition at the Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson in Paris, this book features both well-known images and previously unpublished portraits: Ezra Pound, Andre Breton, Martin Luther King, Samuel Beckett, Truman Capote, Susan Sontag, Carl Jung, William Faulkner, Marilyn Monroe, Henri Matisse, and many more. Each photograph was chosen because it perfectly embodies Cartier-Bresson 's description of what he was attempting to communicate in his work: Above all I look for an inner silence. I seek to translate the personality and not an expression. The portraits reproduced here discreet, without artifice confirm once more the singular gift of Cartier-Bresson, who instinctively knew in which revealing fraction of a second to click the shutter.
In 1946, Cartier-Bresson traveled to New York with 300 prints, created a scrapbook, and presented it to MoMA's curators. This book is a facsimile of that iconic scrapbook.