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Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Modern Century Hardcover – April 30, 2010

by Peter Galassi (Author), Henri Cartier-Bresson (Photographer)

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Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908–2004) is one of the most influential and beloved figures in the history of photography. His inventive work of the early 1930s helped define the creative potential of modern photography. Following World War II, he helped found the Magnum photo agency, which enabled photojournalists to reach a broad audience through magazines such as Life while retaining control over their work. Cartier-Bresson would go on to produce major bodies of photographic reportage, capturing such events as China during the revolution, the Soviet Union after Stalin's death, the United States in the postwar boom and Europe as its older cultures confronted modern realities. 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. 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 of spreads of his picture stories as they appeared in magazines―will revolutionize the study of Cartier-Bresson's work.

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Hardcover: 376 pages
Publisher: The Museum of Modern Art, New York; Reprint edition (April 30, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0870707787
ISBN-13: 978-0870707780
Product Dimensions: 10 x 1.8 x 12.5 inches
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William F. Schroeder

Disappointed.

April 19, 2019

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This book has 177 pages of biography, citations, and information on Bresson’s travels. There are 198 pages of photographs. The photographs are as often crammed in 2-3 to a page. Even in a book designed for a museum exhibition I expect the artists work to be respected above any other information presented. This book was a big disappointment.

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FABIOLLA LOUREIRO

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June 5, 2018

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Perfect book to anyone who has interest for real photography, not the crap of Photoshop. Excellent acquisition!! highly recommend!

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Joey

An Amazing Anthology of Cartier-Bresson's Work.

November 1, 2011

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For those of you who couldn't make it to last year's exhibition at MOMA this is the next best thing. It is a solid anthology of one of the world's greatest photographers. Everyone that I've shown this book to are so compelled to flip through every single photograph.

Every aspiring photographer should own a copy, study the seemingly effortless framing and his incredible sense of timing. The two things that really create a compelling photograph instead endless discussion of exposure, noise, sharpness, and other useless crap.

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John Chulick

Great Overview for a Famous Photographer

October 10, 2010

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This book combines biographical information with photographs from the current traveling exhibition of Henri Cartier-Bresson's work. The introductory material puts the photographer's life into perspective with his world travels as a photojournalist. The collection of photographs covers a wide range and they are reproduced with a reasonably good quality. The book contains a detailed chronology of his travels along with maps showing the various destinations. Perhaps the only weakness is the lack of information of what is being shown for many of the individual photographs, which can be enigmatic at times. I have not yet seen the exhibition yet but I find this to be an excellent book.

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Andras Ikladi

such an excellent publication, content

December 12, 2014

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I couldn't put it down, such an excellent publication, content, editing, additional information (great maps and timeline of his travels) and print quality are top notch. Highly recommended, almost makes up for not seeing the exhibition.

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JOYCE|AMES

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April 26, 2019

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love it

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Kim Rammelkamp

Stunning Photography

November 27, 2010

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I saw an exhibit of Cartier-Bresson's work a few months back at the Museum of Modern Art in NYC, but instead of purchasing the book at the museum, decided to order it from amazon.com. I got a brand new copy (wrapped) and saved approximately $15 (of what it would have cost me at the museum shop!) The book arrived very quickly. It is absolutely beautiful. The reproduction of these stunning photographs by this world-renowned photographer is incredibly well-done and it is a wonderful book to own and to share with anyone who appreciates good photography. Or just appreciates the moments in a lifetime, because this is what Cartier-Bresson captures...little moments, big moments but mostly moments when his subjects were not even aware they were being photographed. There are photos from all over the world and spanning many decades, some celebrities, but lots of ordinary men, women and children as well. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in photography and art. You will be mesmerized by his work.

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Justin Eckersall

Love his work? Buy the book!

August 22, 2014

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If you're a fan of Cartier-Bresson's work but don't have many copies of his images to enjoy, this is a fantastic collection that contains a number of images I had not seen before. No shortage of written material about him and his life too - if you like that sort of thing. I just like to look at the pictures;-)

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