Henri Cartier-Bresson. Revisit Paris.
Paris Museums| N° d'inventaire | 23825 |
| Format | 24 x 29 |
| Détails | 256 p., publisher's hardcover. |
| Publication | Paris, 2021 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782759604913 |
After beginnings marked by the influence of photographer Eugène Atget and the surrealist artists, Cartier-Bresson discovered himself as a long-distance traveler, with Paris as his home base. In this city, which he never ceased to rediscover, it was first and foremost the human being that interested him. He captured them in the street or during encounters. He also bore witness to major current events such as the Liberation in August 1944 and May 1968. He visited demonstration sites whenever he could. In Paris, as elsewhere, his camera never left his side. Photographing was a breath of fresh air, an affirmation, sometimes a protest.
His Parisian images, which feature prominently in his work, bear witness to his wanderings but are also taken as part of reports and commissions for the international press – often Cartier-Bresson only retains one image in his books and exhibitions. This mosaic defines a flâneur particularly attracted to the banks of the Seine and the Paris of the margins.
After beginnings marked by the influence of photographer Eugène Atget and the surrealist artists, Cartier-Bresson discovered himself as a long-distance traveler, with Paris as his home base. In this city, which he never ceased to rediscover, it was first and foremost the human being that interested him. He captured them in the street or during encounters. He also bore witness to major current events such as the Liberation in August 1944 and May 1968. He visited demonstration sites whenever he could. In Paris, as elsewhere, his camera never left his side. Photographing was a breath of fresh air, an affirmation, sometimes a protest.
His Parisian images, which feature prominently in his work, bear witness to his wanderings but are also taken as part of reports and commissions for the international press – often Cartier-Bresson only retains one image in his books and exhibitions. This mosaic defines a flâneur particularly attracted to the banks of the Seine and the Paris of the margins.