Research Catalog

Title

Henri Cartier-Bresson : Paris revisited / edited by Anne de Mondenard and Agnès Sire.

Publication

• New York, New York : Thames & Hudson, [2021]
• ©2021

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Details

Additional Authors

• Cartier-Bresson, Henri, 1908-2004.
• Mondenard, Anne de
• Sire, Agnès

Description

255 pages : illustrations (some color); 30 cm

Summary

Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004) was "the eye of the 20th century" and one of the world's most acclaimed photographers. Paris was his home, on and off, for most of his life and the photographs he took of the city and its people are some of his most recognizable and beloved images. In this volume are 160 photographs taken from a career lasting more than fifty years. Mostly in black and white, this selection reveals the strong influence of pioneering documentary photographer Eugene Atget (1857-1927) on Cartier-Bresson, and the clear visual links with surrealism that infused his early pictures. After an apprenticeship with cubist painter André Lhote in 1932, Cartier-Bresson bought his first Leica, a small portable camera that allowed him to capture the movement and rhythms of daily life in Paris. Camera in hand, Cartier-Bresson observed the Liberation from the Nazis in August 1944 from close quarters and the civil disturbances of May 1968. For decades he also thrived in capturing native Parisians going about their lives in the city, as well as photographing celebrated artists, writers, politicians, and anonymous citizens.

Alternative Title

Paris revisited

Subject

• Cartier-Bresson, Henri, 1908-2004
• 1900-1999
• Paris (France) > History > 20th century > Pictorial works
• France > Paris

Genre/Form

• History.
• Pictorial works.

Note

• Translated from the French Henri Cartier-Bresson: Revoir Paris by Ruth Taylor and Jill Phythian.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

The bow and the arrow / Agnès Sire -- The restless wanderer / Anne de Mondenard -- Paris, the artistic crucible -- Professional engagement -- The liberation of Paris -- Portraits--Act I -- A geometrician of life -- Portraits--Act II -- An eye for rebellion -- A change of direction -- Drawing conclusions -- Portraits--Act III -- List of exhibited works and documents.

Call Number

JQF 21-1463

ISBN

• 0500545421
• 9780500545423

OCLC

1145262334

Title

Henri Cartier-Bresson : Paris revisited / edited by Anne de Mondenard and Agnès Sire.

Publisher

New York, New York : Thames & Hudson, [2021]

Copyright Date

©2021

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Chronological Term

1900-1999

Added Author

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

Mondenard, Anne de, editor.

Sire, Agnès, editor.

Research Call Number

JQF 21-1463