Full Description
Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004) is one of the most influential and beloved figures in the history of photography. Released to accompany an exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art, 'Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Modern Century' is the first major publication to make full use of the extensive holdings of the Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson in Paris - including thousands of prints and a vast resource of documents relating to the photographer's life and work. The heart of the book surveys Cartier-Bresson's career through 300 photographs divided into twelve 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-Bresson's extraordinary career and its overlapping contexts of journalism and art. The extensive supporting material - featuring detailed chronologies of the photographer's professional travels and his picture stories as they appeared in magazines - will revolutionize the study of Cartier-Bresson's work.
Contents
Essay by Peter Galassi • The Plates: 1. Prelude; 2. After the War, End of an Era; 3. Old Worlds: East; 4. Old Worlds: West; 5. Old Worlds: France; 6. New Worlds: USA; 7. New Worlds: USSR; 8. Communism and Capitalism at Work; 9. Interlude; 10. Portraits; 11. Encounters and Gatherings; 12. Modern Times
