HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON - THE DECISIVE MOMENT

Images à la Sauvette was published in 1952 by Verve, with an original cover by Matisse. It was the result of a collaboration between the photographer, the famous art critic and publisher Tériade, and the painter, at the peak of his career. The American version, published the same year by Simon and Schuster, was the first to introduce the now-famous expression decisive moment. The book, which reveals the intrinsic duality of Henri Cartier-Bressons work, the combination of intimate interpretation with documentary observation, received t...[Read more]