In 1975, the renowned photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson received an invitation to travel from Paris to America for what would become one of his final photographic projects. Choose any subject, ...
CHICAGO -- Henri Cartier-Bresson famously said a good photograph captures the "decisive moment," but the comment is often misunderstood. Cartier-Bresson, who traveled ...
When the French photographer, Henri Cartier-Bresson first visited China in the 1940s, he was surprised by what he saw. A new exhibition at the Taipei Fine Arts Museum reveals what he saw. “Henri ...
The anniversary show at the International Center of Photography, with 170 pictures, demonstrates how the camera can illuminate, persuade and puzzle. By Arthur Lubow His camera captured the variety of ...
The Marais is a lively district in Paris, filled with busy cafés and bars. But one quiet street called Rue des Archives just became the new home for the heart of modern photography. The Henri ...
Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...
Cartier-Bresson's photos of everyday scenes were apparently bothersome to an audience accustomed to the abstract work of Steiglitz and Strand. But his snapshots were a new and powerful way of ...
“In the mid 1960s, Cartier-Bresson met with MOMA’s then curator of photography, John Szarkowski, and they decided to mount a major exhibition of 150 of his works titled ‘Recent Photographs,’ which ...
“Rarely has the phrase ‘man of the world’ been more aptly applied” than in reference to Henri Cartier-Bresson, said Holland Cotter in The New York Times. From the 1930s to the 1970s, the pioneering ...
Image: 13.5 x 9 in. (34.29 x 22.86 cm.) Rue Mouffetard, Paris is Henri Cartier-Bresson's most celebrated and beloved photographs. Taken in 1954 on one of the oldest and liveliest streets of Paris, ...