HENRI CARTIER

The Decisive Momentoriginally called Images à la Sauvetteis one of the most famous books in the history of photography, assembling Cartier-Bressons best work from his early years. Published in 1952 by Simon and Schuster, New York, in collaboration with Editions Verve, Paris, it was lavishly embellished with a collage cover by Henri Matisse. The book and its images have since influenced gene rations of photographers. Its English title has defined the notion of the famous formal peak in which all elements in the photograph ic frame ac...[Read more]