An elegant collection of over two hundred works, including photographs and drawings, are the subject of this masterly analysis of Cartier-Bresson's oeuvre
This is a unique opportunity to explore the intellectual and artistic venture of photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson, his travels and encounters with ordinary people as well as the great personalities of the twentieth century. The book reconstructs in an original fashion Cartier-Bresson’s life and artistic career. By examining in parallel his photographs, paintings and drawings – something that has never been done before – it creates a more comprehensive and compelling portrait that sheds light on his artistic world in a novel way. Jean-Pierre Montier, the author of the texts, accompanies us on this extraordinary journey and describes with great sensitivity the photographer’s poetic universe, his interest in life and his ardent passion for reality. Intensely communicative portraits, scenes from daily life, magic moments of reality captured in all its beauty and powerful drama, are interspersed with pages that reveal the art, energy and fascination of Cartier-Bresson’s photography