Cartier-Bresson H. Photographs

Grossman, 1963. — 66 p.Over the last thirty years, the photography of Henri Cartier-Bresson has resulted in a body of work unique in the history of this craft, not alone in kind but in quality. Apart from the fact that he is responsible for more individual memorable images than any other photographer in his epoch, his attitude towards his art. for with him it is also and most definitely an art as well as a craft-skill in reportage, is based on a philosophy at once traditional, logical and exemplary. From his personal working rationale we may learn much of the precise limitations and extensive possibilities of camera usage. Cartier-Bresson own method comprises a principia photographica by which many other pictures and photographers may be considered. It is a legible, transmittable analytical means which, focused on ephemeral material, nevertheless has its permanent steady support.