Henri Cartier-Bresson : Paris revisited / edited by Anne de Mondenard and Agnès Sire.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mondenard, Anne de, editor.

Sire, Agnès, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cartier-Bresson, Henri, 1908-2004.

Cartier-Bresson, Henri.

Paris (France)--History--20th century--Pictorial works.

Paris (France).

France--Paris.

Genre:

History.

Pictorial works.

Illustrated works.

Physical Description:

255 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm

Other Title:

Paris revisited

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Thames & Hudson, [2021]

Summary:

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.

Contents:

The bow and the arrow / Agnès Sire

The restless wanderer / Anne de Mondenard

Paris, the artistic crucible

Professional engagement

The liberation of Paris

Portraits

Act I

A geometrician of life

Act II

An eye for rebellion

A change of direction

Drawing conclusions

Act III

List of exhibited works and documents.

Notes:

Translated from the French Henri Cartier-Bresson: Revoir Paris by Ruth Taylor and Jill Phythian.

Includes bibliographical references.

Contains:

Cartier-Bresson, Henri, 1908-2004. Works. Selections.

ISBN:

0500545421

9780500545423

OCLC:

1145262334