Title and reproduction marks and notes in pencil on verso. The image is in the collection of the ICP and the V&A.
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- Stamped by artist's estate, With photographer's blue stamp on verso.
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- Included (issued by gallery)
- Frame
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- © Henri Cartier-Bresson/Magnum Photos.
Henri Cartier-Bresson shaped the field of photography with his lively, candid black-and-white pictures, which embraced documentarian intimacy and poetic dynamism. His concept of the “decisive moment,” in which photographers must snap their shutters at the exact right time to achieve the ideal shot, was particularly influential among photojournalism and street photography circles. Cartier-Bresson studied literature for a year at the University of Cambridge and began experimenting with photography on trips to Europe, the Ivory Coast, and Mexico. After World War II, Cartier-Bresson founded the major photography cooperative Magnum Photos alongside fellow photography icons Robert Capa, George Rodger, and David "Chim" Seymour. He has exhibited in London, New York, Paris, Mexico City, Zürich, and Tokyo. His work belongs in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Museum of Modern Art, the International Center of Photography, the Victoria and Albert Museum, and the J. Paul Getty Museum. In addition to his photography, Cartier-Bresson produced a number of drawings, paintings, and films.
- Established
- Represented by industry leading galleries.
- Collected by a major museum
- Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
- 2018
- Photography As A Weapon Of Class, Centre Pompidou
- 2017
- Christian Dior, Les Arts DécoratifsHenri Cartier-Bresson: India in Full Frame, Rubin Museum of Art
Man Praying at the Foot of Buddha, Sri Lanka, 1949 / 1960s
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Title and reproduction marks and notes in pencil on verso. The image is in the collection of the …
- Medium
- Signature
- Stamped by artist's estate, With photographer's blue stamp on verso.
- Certificate of authenticity
- Included (issued by gallery)
- Frame
- Not included
- Image rights
- © Henri Cartier-Bresson/Magnum Photos.
Henri Cartier-Bresson shaped the field of photography with his lively, candid black-and-white pictures, which embraced documentarian intimacy and poetic dynamism. His concept of the “decisive moment,” in which photographers must snap their shutters at the exact right time to achieve the ideal shot, was particularly influential among photojournalism and street photography circles. Cartier-Bresson studied literature for a year at the University of Cambridge and began experimenting with photography on trips to Europe, the Ivory Coast, and Mexico. After World War II, Cartier-Bresson founded the major photography cooperative Magnum Photos alongside fellow photography icons Robert Capa, George Rodger, and David "Chim" Seymour. He has exhibited in London, New York, Paris, Mexico City, Zürich, and Tokyo. His work belongs in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Museum of Modern Art, the International Center of Photography, the Victoria and Albert Museum, and the J. Paul Getty Museum. In addition to his photography, Cartier-Bresson produced a number of drawings, paintings, and films.
- Established
- Represented by industry leading galleries.
- Collected by a major museum
- Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)