Images à la Sauvette : Photographies par Henri Cartier Bresson
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Copy number Shelfmark Shelf mark R025042 Ned. Fotomuseum F MON CARTIER-BRESSON.H 1952
TitleImages à la Sauvette : Photographies par Henri Cartier Bresson
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Photographer
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PublisherEditions Verve, Simon and Schuster
Year of publication1952
Pagination158
MaterialMonografie
Document TypeBook
Bibliographic Noteshc, omslag ontwerp Henri Matisse
SubjectMagnum, agentschap, Geschiedenis en fotografie: F (Frankrijk), Geschiedenis van de fotografisch geïllustreerde boeken
Abstract
Images à la Sauvette – known as The Decisive Moment – is one of the most famous books in the history of photography, assembling Cartier-Bresson’s best work from his early years. Published in 1952 by Simon and Schuster, New York, in collaboration with Editions Verve, Paris, it was lavishly embellished with a collage cover by Henri Matisse. The book and its images have since influenced generations of photographers. Its English title has defined the notion of the famous formal peak in which all elements in the photographic frame accumulate to form the perfect image. Paired with the artist’s humanist viewpoint, Cartier-Bresson’s photography has become part of the world’s collective memory.
| Copy number | R025042 |
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| Shelf mark | F MON CARTIER-BRESSON.H 1952 |