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"The Decisive Moment", Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004) | PhotoAnthology

The Decisive Moment

Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004)

Ephemeral human moments portrayed through a fusion of spontaneity and precise composition.

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The Decisive Moment

Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004)

Ephemeral human moments portrayed through a fusion of spontaneity and precise composition.

Behind the Saint-Lazare station, Paris, 1932. Image courtesy of Magnum Photos.

Eunuch of the imperial court of the last dynasty, Peking, 1949. Image courtesy of Magnum Photos.

Bali, Indonesia, 1950. Image courtesy of Magnum Photos.

Manhattan, New York, USA , 1947. Image courtesy of Magnum Photos.

Trafalgar Square on the day of the coronation of George VI,
London, Great Britain, 1937. Image courtesy of Magnum Photos.

Trafalgar Square on the day of the coronation of George VI,London, 1938. Image courtesy of Magnum Photos.

Sunday at the Banks of Marne River, 1938. Image courtesy of Magnum Photos.

Srinagar, Kashmir, 1948. Image courtesy of Magnum Photos.

Refugee camp at Kurukshetra, Punjab, India, 1948. Image courtesy of Magnum Photos.

In a deportee camp, a Gestapo informer is recognised by a
woman she has denounced: Dessau, Germany, 1945. Image courtesy of Magnum Photos.

Valencia, Spain, 1933. Image courtesy of Magnum Photos.

Last days of Kuomintang, Shanghai, China, December 1948 – January 1949. Image courtesy of Magnum Photos.

Boston, Massachusetts,
USA, 1947. Image courtesy of Magnum Photos.

Hyéres, France, 1932. Image courtesy of Magnum Photos.

Siena, Italy, 1933. Image courtesy of Magnum Photos.

Salerno, Italy, 1933. Image courtesy of Magnum Photos.

Asilah, Morocco, 1933. Image courtesy of Magnum Photos.

Seville, Spain, 1932. Image courtesy of Magnum Photos.

Madrid, 1933. Image courtesy of Magnum Photos.

Books

Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Decisive Moment

Steidl, 2015

Henri Cartier-Bresson

FHEL, 2024

Henri Cartier-Bresson: Photographer

Prestel, 2020

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Contrasto, 1970

Discoveries: Henri Cartier-Bresson

Abrams, 2008

Henri Cartier-Bresson: The early work

MOMA, 1987

Henri Cartier-Bresson: Scrapbook

Thames & Hudson, 2007

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Thames & Hudson, 2006

Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Modern Century

MOMA, 2010

Henri Cartier-Bresson: Le Grand Jeu

Marsilio, 2020

Henri Cartier-Bresson: Watch, Watch, Watch!

Fundación Mapfre, 2024

Henri Cartier-Bresson: Aperture Masters of Photography

Aperture, 2015

Henri Cartier-Bresson and the Artless Art

Thames & Hudson, 1996

Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Man, the Image & the World

Thames & Hudson, 2006

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Centre Pompidou, 2014

More by Henri Cartier-Bresson

Trastevere, Rome, 1959. Image courtesy of Magnum Photos.

Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004)

European identity captured through black-and-white photographs spanning five decades, emphasizing shared humanity and cultural diversity.

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