Henri Cartier Bresson Biography by Pierre Assouline (47 results)

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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Nr Fine. 1st Edition. A new, unused book, just some very light shelf wear to the dust-jacket.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - The definitive biography of the greatest photographer of modern times - a vital addition to the library of everyone with an interest in photography. Henri Cartier-Bresson was the eye of the 20th century. His lens chronicled the decisive moments of his time - from Chinese communist victories to the Spanish Civil War and the Liberation of Paris. A co-founder of Magnum Photos, Cartier-Bresson produced unparalleled portraits of his contemporaries, capturing the spirit of Albert Camus, Jean-Paul Sartre and William Faulkner. Cartier-Bresson took Pierre Assouline into his confidence over a number of years, detailing his youthful devotion to surrealism, lifelong passion for drawing, and experiences of war and prison camps. This sensitive biography emerges from a meeting of two minds, revealed with the same truth as one of Cartier Bresson's photographs.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.25.

very good dust-jacket, cover price $34.95, attractive copy, very good brown hardcover, appears unused. ASSOULINE, PIERRE. Henri Cartier-Bresson: a biography. Translated from the French by David Wilson. London: Thames & Hudson, 2005, 280pp., . "The twentieth century was that of the image, and the legendary photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson, born in 1908, was the eye of the century. His life story and the interpretation of his work reveal first and foremost the history of a vision." "As he traversed the century, his eclectic eye focused on the fascination of Africa in the 1920s, the tragic fate of the Spanish Republicans, the Liberation of Paris, the weariness of Gandhi a few hours before his assassination, and the victory of the Chinese communists. Cartier-Bresson was always on the spot, the great opportunist, seizing life's historic events as they happened.", "He was also assistant to Jean Renoir on three major films. He was an artist who wanted to be an artisan, and he was one of the founders of Magnum, the most famous of all photographers' agencies. It was he who fixed forever in our minds the features of famous contemporaries: Mauriac mysteriously levitating, Giacometti and Sartre as characters from their own works, Faulkner, Camus and countless others, their portraits captured for eternity at the decisive moment.", "An intensely private individual, Cartier-Bresson nonetheless took Pierre Assouline into his confidence over a number of years, discussing such subjects as his youthful devotion to surrealism, his lifelong passion for drawing, his experience of war and the prison camps, his friends and the women in his life. He even opened up his invaluable archives. This biography is the result of the meeting of two minds, revealed in much the same way and with the same truth as one of Cartier-Bresson's photographs.". ISBN 9780500512234.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 2012 impression of this paperback edition in VG condition. All pages clean, binding firm. There's some damage to bottom edge visible on board and first pages. There's another mark to front board on top edge. Please see pics. Paypal accepted, any questions get in touch.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Brown cloth with gilt spine titling. Photographic dust-jacket. A fine copy. Hero and Friend; Family Threads 1908-27; Decisive Moments 1927-31; The Artist in Search of His Medium 1932-35; The End of the Old World 1936-39; Nationality: Escapee 1939-46; From New York to New Delhi 1946-50; The World is His Studio 1950-70; Towards a New Life 1970-2004.

Stiffened wrappers. Condition: Fine. (280pp). With 25 illustrations. Clean unused copy Size: Royal Octavo. Paperback.

Or.bds. Dustjacket. 280pp. Dustjacket covered in plastic. Very good copy. 1st UK ed. Henri Cartier-Bresson was born in 1908 & was an assistant to film maker, Jean Renoir on three major films. He was an artist who wanted to be an artisan & founded the Magnum photo agency.

1st edition hardback with dust jacket As New octavo 280pp., b/w plates, bibliog., index, 'Author presents the legendary Cartier-Bresson as the 'eye of the century'. because he was always on the spot, photographing important events as they happened; also discusses the photographer's devotion to surrealism, life long passion for drawing, his war experiences, his relationships & travels.