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Henri Cartier-Bresson (Photofile)

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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.

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 makes 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.

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.

I am a huge fan of Henri Cartier-Bresson, and I have always wanted to own a book of his work. I found this highly-rated book for $10 on Amazon and really thought I scored! Unfortunately, most of the photographs in this book are the junk of Henri Cartier-Bresson. There are only 1 or 2 interesting photographs. I'm very sorry I thought I was getting a bargain in this book. I should remember that you get what you pay for! :(

bought a used copy of this recently hoping to inspire me in my use of my Rangefinder digital camera. The book contains some excellent pieces of HCB work, although the book seems to small to be an effective photo album to me.

It's a great collection of classic work of HCB. Surprisely, some the pictures are named "untitled" in HCB's Paris book, but they have title name along with some descriptions. Good intro to HCB!

Frankly, I have never been a die-hard fan of Henri Cartier Bresson. Yes, I do like some of his photographs, but some others seem more like snapshots. I personally think there are other photographers out there who bring out the artsy side of documentary photography much better, e.g., Steve McCurry and Sebastiao Salgado. This book is good to thumb through and a keeper for those interested in the works of the great photographers. The size of the photographs are relatively small compared to a lot of coffee table books out there.

The prints are good, duotone indeed, in a nice glossy paper. It arrived soon enough.

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.