Воспроизведенный в exquisite black and white, изображения в этой book range from Henri Cartier-Bresson’s earliest work in France, Spain, and Mexico through his postwar travels in Asia, US, and Russia, and include landscapes from the 1970 retired его камера для pursue drawing. While his instinct for capturing what he call the decisive moments unparalleled, as photojournalist Cartier-Bresson uniquely concerned with human impact of historic events. В своих фотографиях alliberation of France from Nazis, death of Gandhi, and creation of People’s Republic of China in 1949, Cartier-Bresson focused on reaktions of rows therther that the objects of events. And while his portraits of Sartre, Giacometti, Faulkner, Capote, и другие артисты являются iconic, he gave ecual attention to that forgotten по истории: a dead resistention fighter lying на берегу Rhine, children playing along the eunuch в Peking’s Imperial Court. Помещены в шесть технических секций, книги, представленные в фотографиях в ряде двухсторонних страниц. В handwritten note included at end of the book, Cartier-Bresson writes, “In order to dive meaning to the world, one must feel involved in what one singles out through the viewfinder.” Его труд shows how he been able to capture the decisive moment with such extreme humility and profound humanity.