Books by or about Henri Cartier-Bresson
Henri Cartier-Bresson: collections
Henri Cartier-Bresson: Photographer
'Fine class printing presented in a most handsome manner …
a magnificent volume which will stand the test of time’ – Leica Fotografie
Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Man, The Image and The World
‘Images of pure genius … the real deal, a photographer who defined the purpose and power of photography … a definitive book’ – The Sunday Times
Henri Cartier-Bresson: Landscape/Townscape
'... simply beautiful, and represents one of the defining bodies of work of 20th century photography’ – RPS Journal
Henri Cartier-Bresson in India
'Remarkable … packed with candid expression … this is a book to be cherished and studied,
and to inspire’ – Amateur Photographer
Henri Cartier-Bresson: À Propos de Paris
'The pictures in this book have been superbly reproduced … the apogee of the album book’ – The British Journal of Photography
Henri Cartier-Bresson: Mexican Notebooks
A unique record that includes some of the most famous and powerful images by Cartier-Bresson, taken on two separate visits to Mexico – the first in 1934, just as he was embarking on his photographic career and the second some thirty years later
Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Modern Century
A major new monograph, published to accompany the exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art in New York in 2010
Books about Henri Cartier-Bresson
Henri Cartier-Bresson and the Artless Art
Drawing together a remarkable selection of the paintings, sketches, and photographs, this book attempts a serious evaluation, not just of Cartier-Bresson's photojournalism, but of his oeuvre as a whole.
Henri Cartier-Bresson: A Biography
‘… as a chronicler of Cartier-Bresson’s influences, theories, tastes and professional life,
this book can’t be faulted’ – The Sunday Herald
Henri Cartier-Bresson New Horizons series
This book tells his life story through his images: all the major events from his youth to his death in 2004 are described, contextualized, and analysed in the light of his photographic work.
An Inner Silence: The Portraits of Henri Cartier-Bresson
‘Relentlessly brilliant … as I turn the pages of this book I experience a sort of quiet awe’ – Black & White Photography
Line by Line: The Drawings of Henri Cartier-Bresson
Henri Cartier-Bresson is less well known as a painter and a draughtsman. This first ever volume of his drawings is a revelation.
Related books of interest
‘Brimming with photographic masterpieces ... some of the greatest pictures ever taken’ – The Sunday Times
Magnum Photos PhotoFile series
Magnum owes its reputation to the talent of its members, who have never swerved from the principles of its founders: solidarity and respect for individuality. What unites all of them however, is their understanding of journalism and the warmly human gaze that they cast upon the world.
Martine Franck: One Day to the Next
The highly-regarded photographer Martine Franck began her career in photography as an assistant at Life, became a member of the first Vu agency in 1970 and was one of the founders of the agency Viva before joining Magnum in 1980. She was Henri Cartier-Bresson's second wife.
‘Your book … is haunting because the pages turn as if they made a single story’ – John Berger