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Henri Cartier-Bresson, here and now, Clément Chéroux [author, exhibition curator, general editor] ; [translated from the French by David H. Wilson and Ruth Sharman]

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 388-391) and index

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Henri Cartier-Bresson

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Clément Chéroux [author, exhibition curator, general editor] ; [translated from the French by David H. Wilson and Ruth Sharman]

here and now

Henri Cartier-Bresson's work embraced art, politics, revolution, and war. But more powerful than any of these overarching themes was his evident concern for the human individual at every social level. This lavishly illustrated monograph - published to accompany France's first major retrospective since the photographer's death in 2004 - traces Cartier-Bresson's development as a photographer, activist, journalist, and artist. In addition to some of Cartier-Bresson's best-known photographs, included here are many seldom seen or unpublished images and some rarities in color as well as black-and-white. From his earliest photographs in Paris in the 1920s and Africa in the 1930s, Cartier-Bresson's capacity to conjure coherence and harmony out of a chaotic world appears effortless and innate - a deep-centered attitude rather than a merely learned technique. His observations of the effects of poverty and revolution around the world led directly to his pioneering photojournalism and to his co-founding of Magnum Photos. He became renowned for his penetrating portraits of the most prominent figures of his time, becoming, in the words of his biographer Pierre Assouline, 'the eye of the century"--, Publisher

Foreword / by Alain Seban -- Foreword / by Kristen van Riel -- Foreword / by Alfred Pacquement -- Introduction: Henri Cartier-Bresson : here and now -- Hard pleasure -- Rising signs. Preamble ; In the style of Atget ; Impressions of Africa ; The new vision ; The golden section -- The attraction of surrealism. Fixed-explosive ; Veiled-erotic ; Magic-circumstantial ; The salt of distortion ; Daydreamers -- In the shadow of the brown house -- Political commitment. The face of poverty ; Watching the King go by ; The discovery of free time ; Reporting for the Communist press -- Film and war. Working for Jean Renoir ; Filming the war in Spain ; The last days of the Reich ; Le retour -- Global realignment -- The choice of photo reportage. Gandhi's funeral, 1948 ; Last days of the Kuomintang, 1948 ; Russia after the death of Stalin, 1954 ; Colour, a 'professional necessity', 1950-68 ; Commissioned portraits, 1944-61 ; The 'Six Jours de Paris', 1957 ; Cuba after the Missile Crisis, 1963 ; Vive la France, 1968-70 -- Visual anthropology. Dancing in the cities ; Man and machine ; Icons of power ; The consumer society ; The crowd phenomenon -- Shooting photographs -- After photography. A time of contemplation ; Starting to draw again