Henri Cartier-Bresson

HenriCartier-Bresson(1908-2004)studiedpaintingbeforetakingupphotographyinhisearlytwenties.OneofthefoundersofthephotographyagencyMagnum(togetherwithRobertCapaandothers),heisbestknownfortheskillwithwhichhecapturedthemostfleetingofscenes.ThisvolumeincludeshisphotographsofFrance,Spain,America,India,Russia,Mexico,andpre-revolutionaryChina.Itshowsclearlyhow,forCartier-Bresson,artisanexpressionofcommonhumanity.63duotoneillustrations.Abouttheseries:TheclassicPhotofileseriesbringstogetherthebestworkoftheworld'sgreatestphotographersinanattractiveformatandatareasonableprice.Handsomeandcollectible,thebooksareproducedtothehigheststandards.Eachvolumecontainssomesixtyfull-pagereproductionsprintedinsuperbduotone,togetherwithacriticalintroductionandafullbibliography.Nowbackinprint,theserieswasawardedthefirstannualprizefordistinguishedphotographicbooksbytheInternationalCenterofPhotography.