Henri Cartier-Bresson - A Biography

The definitive biography of the greatest photographer of modern times - a vital addition to the library of everyone with an interest in photography.

Henri Cartier-Bresson was the eye of the 20th century. His lens chronicled the decisive moments of his time - from Chinese communist victories to the Spanish Civil War and the Liberation of Paris. A co-founder of Magnum Photos, Cartier-Bresson produced unparalleled portraits of his contemporaries, capturing the spirit of Albert Camus, Jean-Paul Sartre and William Faulkner.

Cartier-Bresson took Pierre Assouline into his confidence over a number of years, detailing his youthful devotion to surrealism, lifelong passion for drawing, and experiences of war and prison camps. This sensitive biography emerges from a meeting of two minds, revealed with the same truth as one of Cartier Bresson''s photographs.

Product details

• Authors: Pierre Assouline, Assouline Pierre
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.10.2024
• EAN: 9780500297957
• ISBN: 978-0-500-29795-7
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 30 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; PHOTOGRAPHY / Individual Photographers / General, Individual photographers