Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Modern Century

I saw an exhibit of Cartier-Bresson's work a few months back at the Museum of Modern Art in NYC, but instead of purchasing the book at the museum, decided to order it from amazon.com. I got a brand new copy (wrapped) and saved approximately $15 (of what it would have cost me at the museum shop!) The book arrived very quickly. It is absolutely beautiful. The reproduction of these stunning photographs by this world-renowned photographer is incredibly well-done and it is a wonderful book to own and to share with anyone who appreciates good photography. Or just appreciates the moments in a lifetime, because this is what Cartier-Bresson captures...little moments, big moments but mostly moments when his subjects were not even aware they were being photographed. There are photos from all over the world and spanning many decades, some celebrities, but lots of ordinary men, women and children as well. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in photography and art. You will be mesmerized by his work.

One of the absolutely best photo books I have in my collection. The stories, letters and photographs are simply awe inspiring and you gained significant insight about an unusual man and his travels and photography. Cartier-Bresson ranks at the top of who may very well be the best photographer of our time. I doubt few would argue that point.I knew the size of the book but it seemed even bigger when I go it and definitely heavier. The binding was superb and printing about as good as it gets. Any fan of this man, his works and photography in general would do well to have this book in their library of great ones.

I couldn't put it down, such an excellent publication, content, editing, additional information (great maps and timeline of his travels) and print quality are top notch. Highly recommended, almost makes up for not seeing the exhibition.

Beautifully written and produced on high quality paper, this MOMA curation is as close to perfection as you can hope for a book of its age. I wish all photography/art books could be done with the care and very high production values this volume exemplifies.

This book combines biographical information with photographs from the current traveling exhibition of Henri Cartier-Bresson's work. The introductory material puts the photographer's life into perspective with his world travels as a photojournalist. The collection of photographs covers a wide range and they are reproduced with a reasonably good quality. The book contains a detailed chronology of his travels along with maps showing the various destinations. Perhaps the only weakness is the lack of information of what is being shown for many of the individual photographs, which can be enigmatic at times. I have not yet seen the exhibition yet but I find this to be an excellent book.

For those of you who couldn't make it to last year's exhibition at MOMA this is the next best thing. It is a solid anthology of one of the world's greatest photographers. Everyone that I've shown this book to are so compelled to flip through every single photograph.Every aspiring photographer should own a copy, study the seemingly effortless framing and his incredible sense of timing. The two things that really create a compelling photograph instead endless discussion of exposure, noise, sharpness, and other useless crap.

It is very difficult to explain the feeling about this book, that I think is one of masterpiece in photography of the last century. Henri Cartier-Bresson shows us a word in which the people give us the image of their live in every aspect. Do not to miss

MOMA does an excellent job in creating this catalog tome for the Cartier-Bresson exhibit. Excellent reproduction of the images on tour, with additional editorial commentary on this great photographer and his work. It's a large heavy volume that will last a lifetime, just like the images being presented. Make sure you get a chance to see this exhibit. It will be in NYC, Chicago, and San Francisco this year.

Me propuse hacerme con toda la obra de HCB, pero este libro me ha sorprendido.Una encuadernación exquisita, toda la información posible, incluso los mapas que permiten tener un recorrido de sus viajes fotográficos. Uno de mis favoritos de HCB a un precio excelente para lo que es. Muy recomendable.

When I look at modern photo exhibitions I feel nostalgic for the excellence of Bresson. A creative genius who combined intuition and feel for geometry with great decisive moments. Good collection of his major works and the text at the beginning excellent.

HCB is one of the great seminal photographers associated with the Magnum foundation. To understand the essence of photography his work has to be delicately viewed and reviewed. Simply, he was the best. I bought this book to source valuable information and references for my dissertation which focussed on surrealism and existentialism.

Excellent book ...

Quick delivery, excellent product