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 ...
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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.
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VG+ Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004) is one of the most influential and beloved figures in the history of photography. 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 photographer's life and work. The heart of the book surveys Cartier-Bresson's career through 300 photographs divided into 12 chapters. 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. Contents as follows: Foreword /; Glenn D. Lowry--; Preface and acknowledgements /; Peter Galassi--; Old worlds, modern times /; Peter Galassi--; Photographs--; List of photographs--; Points of reference /; Aude Raimbult, Dan Leers, Pauline Vermare; Maps by; Adrian Kitzinger--; A home everywhere: ; a chronology of Cartier-Bresson's travels--; For the printed page: ; Cartier-Bresson's work in the periodical press--; Chronology of major photographic exhibitions and books. Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, N.Y., Apr. 11-June 28, 2010; the Art Institute of Chicago, July 24-Oct. 3, 2010; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, Calif., Oct. 30, 2010-Jan. 30, 2011; and at the High Museum of Art, Alanta, Ga., Feb. 19-May 15, 2011. / Includes bibliographical references (pages 364-371) and indexes.
