The decisive moment

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The decisive moment

photography by Henri Cartier-Bresson

Steidl, 2014

  • : set
  • [main] : hbk
  • [booklet]

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Images à la sauvette

A bible for photographers

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Note

"This book, with a cover designed and executed especially for it by Henri Matisse, is a selection of 126 photographs"--On p. preceding colophon

"The French edition by Verve (Images à la sauvette) and the American edition ... were conceived and composed by Tériade with the collaboration of Marguerite Lang."--On p. preceding colophon

Originally published in 1952 by Simon and Schuster, New York, in collaboration with Editions Verve, Paris

Accompanied by a booklet entitled "A bible for photographers" by Clément Chéroux

Issued in a case

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The Decisive Moment - originally called Images a la Sauvette - is one of the most famous books in the history of photography, assembling Cartier-Bresson's 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 generations of photographers. Its English title has defined the notion of the famous formal peak in which all elements in the photographic frame accumulate to form the perfect image. Paired with the artist's humanist viewpoint, Cartier-Bresson's photography has become part of the world's collective memory. This new publication is a meticulous facsimile of the original book. It comes with an additional booklet containing an essay on the history of The Decisive Moment by Centre Pompidou curator Clement Cheroux.

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