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Book Overview
Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004) studied painting before taking up photography in his early twenties. One of the founders of the photography agency Magnum (together with Robert Capa and others), he... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:089381265X
ISBN13:9780893812652
Release Date:January 1987
Publisher:Aperture
Length:95 Pages
Weight:0.77 lbs.
Dimensions:8.3" x 0.3" x 8.0"
Customer Reviews
6 ratings
A good book to introduce yourself to Henri Cartier-Bresson
Published by DC , 1 year ago
I bought this book just to introduce me to Henri's works as a photographer. This showcased some of his masterpieces from the era he worked in. This is one of the best books you can buy to look into his works.
nice prints good overall quality
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago
The prints are good, duotone indeed, in a nice glossy paper. It arrived soon enough.
Herni Cartier Bresson, Aperture Masters
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
Cartier Bresson is one of my two favorite photographers (Minor White is the other). This small book of his prints is a wonderful thing to have in my house, and to share with my friends.
Best of Bresson
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 18 years ago
A lovely little book showing the most famous pictures of Henri Cartier-Bresson on 95 pages only. A must-have for the Cartier-Bresson fans or a great first book to have on this fabulous photographer.
A True Master
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 19 years ago
If Cartier-Bresson did not invent the art of 35mm street photography, he certainly brought it to the attention of other serious photographers and the public. Trained as a painter, his eye for composition was unerring, but it was his instinct for the defining human gesture--that he termed "the decisive moment"--that made him one of the immortals of photographic history. As one of the founding members of Magnum, he changed the way we think of photographs and the way we see the world. This book is an introduction to his work. As such, it's all too short, but the economical format make it possible to see a few decent examples of his work and perhaps to inspire further study. He was a true master of the art.
Nice little collection
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 20 years ago
This collection is a nice, compact, and inexpensive sample of Cartier-Bresson's photographs. I would have prefered the book to be a little larger to allow for bigger pictures. The print quality is decent. I was disappointed that my favorite photograph by him, the one of the bicyclist going by the staircase entitled "Hyères, France", was absent.
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