Henri Cartier-Bresson: A Biography

Henri Cartier-Bresson: A BiographyHenri Cartier Bresson was the eye of the 20th century. His lens chronicled the decisive moments of his time from Chinese communist victories to the Spanish Civil War and the Liberation of Paris. A co founder of Magnum Photos, Cartier Bresson produced unparalleled portraits of his contemporaries, capturing the spirit of Albert Camus, Jean Paul Sartre and William Faulkner. Cartier Bresson took Pierre Assouline into his confidence over a number of years,

From the acclaimed author of Lying

Because his models

his most famous work

Each of the photographers seeks to capture the experience of what it means

Devastated by the departure of his gorgeous Japanese girlfriend

loss and most satisfyingly

and I realized if I kept going I was going to die

his friend Fowler

include the stories of Phaeton

This “little history” takes on a very big subject: the glorious span of literature from Greek myth to graphic novels

and culture ― "one of the few contemporary works deserving classic status” (Nicholas Shakespeare

and specialists