Research Catalog

Title

Henri Cartier-Bresson : China 1948-1949,1958 / Michel Frizot, Ying-lung Su ; [translated from the French by Lorna Dale, Francisca Garvie and Jenny Wilson].

Author

Cartier-Bresson, Henri, 1908-2004.

Publication

• London ; New York : Thames and Hudson, 2019.
• ©2019

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Details

Additional Authors

• Frizot, Michel
• Su, Ying-Lung
• Dale, Lorna
• Garvie, Francisca, 1942-
• Wilson, Jenny

Description

287 pages : illustrations (some color), maps; 30 cm

Summary

In December 1948, Henri Cartier-Bresson travelled to China at the request of Life magazine. He stayed for ten months and captured some of the most spectacular moments in China's history: he photographed Beijing in "the last days of the Kuomintang", and then headed back to Shanghai, where he recorded the new regime's takeover. Moreover, in 1958, Henri Cartier-Bresson was one of the first Western photographers to go back to China to explore the changes that had occurred over the preceding decade. The "picture stories" he sent to Magnum and Life on a regular basis played a key role in Westerners' understanding of Chinese political events. Many of these images are among the most significant photographs in Cartier-Bresson's oeuvre; his empathy with the populace and sense of responsibility as a witness making them an important part of his legacy.0'Henri Cartier-Bresson in China' allows these photographs to be re-examined along with all of the documents that were preserved: the photographer's captions and comments, contact sheets and abundant correspondence, as well as the published versions that appeared in both American and European magazines. A welcome addition to any photography lover's bookshelf, this is an exciting new volume on one of the 20th century's most important photographers.

Uniform Title

Henri Cartier-Bresson. English

Alternative Title

• Henri Cartier-Bresson.
• China 1948-1949,1958

Subject

• Cartier-Bresson, Henri, 1908-2004
• 1949-1976
• Photography, Artistic
• China > History > 1949-1976 > Pictorial works
• China

Genre/Form

• History.
• Pictorial works.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-286).

Language (note)

• Translated from the French.

Contents

China 1948-1949: Reportage : The Cartier-Bresson version -- Portfolio -- Reportage sequences and single images -- Publications -- Parallel chronologies: Henri-Cartier-Bresson/China -- Maps -- China 1958: Return to the revolution -- Portfolio -- Publications.

Call Number

JFG 20-322

ISBN

• 9780500545188
• 0500545189

OCLC

1121375532

Author

Cartier-Bresson, Henri, 1908-2004.

Title

Henri Cartier-Bresson : China 1948-1949,1958 / Michel Frizot, Ying-lung Su ; [translated from the French by Lorna Dale, Francisca Garvie and Jenny Wilson].

Publisher

London ; New York : Thames and Hudson, 2019.

Copyright Date

©2019

Type of Content

text

still image

cartographic image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-286).

Language

Translated from the French.

Chronological Term

1949-1976

Added Author

Frizot, Michel, writer of supplementary textural content.

Su, Ying-Lung, writer of supplementary textural content.

Dale, Lorna, translator.

Garvie, Francisca, 1942- translator.

Wilson, Jenny, translator.

Cartier-Bresson, Henri, 1908-2004. Works. Selections.

Research Call Number

JFG 20-322