Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Mind's Eye: Writings on Photography and Photographers

120 Pages·2005·3.935 MB·English

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THE MIND’S EYE
WRITINGS ON PHOTOGR #1
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BY HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON
AMONG THE MOST INFLUENTIAL PHOTOGRAPHERS OF
the twentieth century, a founder of Magnum Photos
and the man responsible for the term “the decisive
moment,” Henri Cartier-Bresson is also a sharply
insightful critic and observer.
The Mind’s Eye is the first compilation of his writ-
ings on photography, some of which have appeared
sporadically in books and journals over the past
forty-five years but have never been availablei n a sin-
gle volume. Several of the texts have never before
appeared in English.
Writings from Cariter-Bresson’s landmark books,
including The Decisive Moment and Europeans are
included, as are essays written about his travels to
Moscow, Cuba, and China during turbulent times.
Cartier-Bresson’s observations ring with the same
immediacy and visual intensity that characterize his
indelible photographs. :
Now ninety-two years old, Cartier-Bresson seldom
photographs; he devotes much of his time to ae
and remains as forceful and discernang, a
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THe mind's eye

THe mind's eye
Writings on Photography
and Photographers
Henri Cartier-Bresson
APERTURE
IN A WORLD that is buckling under the weight of
profit-making, that is overrun by the destructive sirens of
Techno-science and the power-hunger of globalization—
that new brand of slavery—beyond all that, Friendship
exists, Love exists.
1998

Romania, 1975