Henri Cartier Bresson (Aperture History of Photography; Book 1)

By Henri Cartier-Bresson

Book Overview

Henri Cartier-Bresson reveals--as only a few great artists have done consistently--the variety and richness of human experience in the twentieth century. This second volume of Aperture's Masters of Photography series confirms the genius of the photographer who--with the new, smaller, hand-held cameras and faster films--defined the idea of "the decisive moment" in photography. Cartier-Bresson's imagery is intimate but utterly respectful of his subjects. In his travels throughout the world, he has captured glimpses of individual lives in scores of countries. Taken together, Cartier-Bresson's works constitute a personal history of epic scope. This volume presents forty-two of the artist's photographs, each recognized as a masterpiece of the medium. In addition, Cartier-Bresson offers a brief statement about what drives his work.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0893810002
• ISBN13: 9780893810009
• Release Date: January 1976
• Publisher: Aperture
• Length: 95 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.1" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

A good book to introduce yourself to Henri Cartier-Bresson

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

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

Herni Cartier Bresson, Aperture Masters

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

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

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

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.