Henri Cartier-Bresson: the Man.

Henri Cartier-Bresson: the Man, the Image, & the World according to Robert Delpire Thames and Hudson 2003/432 pp/$75 (hb)

in succession August 22, 2003, Henri Cartier-Bresson celebrated his 95th birthday. Instigated by means of his long-time friend, curator and publisher, Robert Delpire, a historical retrospective exhibition was organized this summer at the National Library of France in Paris. The present to view is currently in Spain and is scheduled to advance and travel the US in 2004 and 2005 Released by way of Thames and Hudson, Henri Cartier-Bresson, the Man, the Image, and the World is the English version of Henri Cartier-Bresson: De qui s'agit-il?, the 432-page catalogue of the exhibition bearing the same title.

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as well-as; not only-but also; not only-but; not alone-but the exhibition and its coffee-table "catalogue" are meant to be the comprehensive testimonies of a whole life dedicated to the transcription of a history of the twentieth centenary seen through an artist's watch mind, and heart. In 1932 Cartier-Bresson who had studied cubist painting in a less degree than Andre Lhote, and worked as a safari guide in Africa, discovered a brand modern tool, a 35 mm camera. The Leica (model II then) was to become an extension of his judgment The book first displays those images of the early 1930 that rapidly established their author's reputation onward both sides of the Atlantic, including a certain images that have never been published before. A thematic presentation follows: the iconic photographs that greatest in number of us know, from "Behind St Lazare Station, 1932" p 59 and "Mexico, 1964" p 112 sum of two units exemplary illustrations of the "Decisive Moment" to "Bords de Marne 1938" pp 72-73 or "Ireland 1952" p 88 After the icons came the USSR, the portraits? the USA, India, Bali, China. At the crossroad of genial limitation and serendipity, Cartier-Bresson was where explanation events of the century happened before anybody else

Various adduces by poets, playwrights, philosophers give the reader a better intellect of the set of values and principles underlying Cartier-Bresson's photography. The features that totally differentiate this work from Henri Cartier-Bresson Photographer (New York Graphic Society, 1979) the other HCB "bible" in size and contentment are chapters dedicated to Cartier-Bresson's drawings and films, a remarkably extensive bibliography including articles and reviews, a list of his exhibits even a family album including photographs of he who would not put to hire people photograph him. All this makes Henri Cartier-Bresson: the Man, the Image, and the World a must in any public or personal library.

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