The Decisive Moment

Henri Cartier-Bresson
9783869307886 / 3869307889
The Decisive Moment

The Decisive Moment

Henri Cartier-Bresson
9783869307886 / 3869307889
Publisher Steidl 2015
Edition Hardcover , 160 Pages
Genres Street photography , Documentary photography
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Henri Cartier-Bresson’s most famous photobook, finally available in a facsimile edition from SteidlWithin the canon of European photography books it would be difficult to find one more famous, revered and influential as Henri Cartier-Bresson’s The Decisive Moment, wrote Jeffrey Ladd in Time LightBox, in a feature on Steidl’s new edition of this ultimate photobook classic. Originally published in 1952, this collection of Cartier-Bresson’s best work from his early years was embellished with a collage cover by Henri Matisse. The book has since influenced generations of photographers, while its English title defined the notion of the famous peak in which all elements in the photographic frame accumulate to form the perfect image—not the moment of the height of the action, necessarily, but the formal, visual peak. This new publication—the first and only reprint since the original 1952 edition—is a meticulous facsimile of the original book that launched the artist to international fame, with an additional booklet on the history of The Decisive Moment by Centre Pompidou curator Clément Chéroux.Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908–2004) was born in Chantelou-en-Brie, France. He initially studied painting and began photographing in the 1930s. Cartier-Bresson cofounded Magnum in 1947. In the late 1960s he returned to his original passion, drawing. In 2003 Cartier-Bresson established the Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson in Paris, one year before his death.

Specifications

Book title The Decisive Moment
Photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson
ISBN 10 3869307889 / 3-86930-788-9       
ISBN 13 9783869307886 / 978-3-86930-788-6
Publisher Steidl
Publish date Feb 2015
Publish year 2015
Genre Street photography Documentary photography
Book format Hardcover
Book format details in Slipcase
Language English
Pages 160 Pages
Color or b/w photographs bw
Dimensions 28 x 37,5 cm / 11 x 14.75 inches

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