Henri Cartier-Bresson: Scrapbook
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Henri Cartier-Bresson: Scrapbook Details
From Publishers Weekly Starred Review. Coinciding with a recent exhibition jointly curated by the Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson and the International Center of Photography, this splendid selection of more than 300 images presents the iconic French photographer's famous 1930s–1940s scrapbook. Published in its entirety for the first time, it contains many of the pictures that cemented Cartier-Bresson's reputation as one of the 20th century's defining image makers. During World War II, the Museum of Modern Art arranged what its curators thought would be a posthumous exhibition of his work, following his capture by the Germans in 1940. Four years later, the museum discovered that Cartier-Bresson had escaped and survived in hiding. He gladly collaborated with MoMA and brought 300 prints in a scrapbook to New York. Now handsomely reprinted, the collection spans from 1932 to 1946, and includes vivid portraits of Matisse, Picasso, Bonnard and Giacometti, as well as street photography, assigned photo essays and reportage of France's tumultuous war years. Image after striking image reveals Cartier-Bresson's consistency in capturing poignant moments in perfectly composed frames. The scrapbook is notable both for the history and the personalities it records, and for Cartier-Bresson's miraculous ability to be at the right place at the right time. (Apr.) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Read more Review “Image after striking image reveals poignant moments in perfectly composed frames. The scrapbook is notable both for the history and the personalities it records, and for the right place at the right time.” - Publishers Weekly Read more About the Author Michel Frizot is Research Director at the Centre Nationale de la Recherche Scientifique in Paris. He lives in France.Agnes Sire is the Director of the Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson. Read more
Reviews
I am a lifelong fan of Henri Cartier Bresson and have other books of his work. The best is "The Decisive Moment".This book is very large and has a quality binding. But the quality of printing the photos is terrible. They are tiny and muddy. Although the pages are large, the photos are tiny in the center of a mostly blank page. Furthermore the same photos are printed multiple time and greatly separated pages. It looks like different people edited various sections without checking other sections.I attach a photo of two books. On the left is this reviewed "scrapbook". Note that the photo is small and terribly muddy. On the right is the same photo in "The Decisive Moment" note that it has proper tones ranging from black to white.
