The new Henri Cartier-Bresson exhibit will visit Chicago, San Francisco and Atlanta
Henri Cartier-Bresson, master French photographer and pioneer of photojournalism in the 20th century, will have his first exhibit in the United States in nearly 30 years when a retrospective of his work opens at the New York Museum of Modern Art on Sunday.
“Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Modern Century” will include 300 or so of the famed photographer’s most iconic images, along with special presentations, lectures and several documentary films. It is the first retrospective of his work since he passed away in 2004 at the age of 95.
The exhibit will include many photographs never seen before by the public, including his lesser-known work from the United States. There will also be giant maps that trace Bresson’s world travels (noting when and where certain works were produced), exhibit sections split by his work in the “Old” and “New Worlds,” as well as portraits of many of the century’s most celebrated artists and thinkers, like Jean Paul Sartre, Henri Matisse and Truman Capote.
Bresson, who once said “there is nothing in this world that does not have a decisive moment,” lived a life capturing the decisive moments around him. His uncropped, black-and-white images managed to find the subtle beauty buried within the “real” world people experienced everyday.
The Bresson exhibit runs at the MOMA through June 28, and from there it will head to Chicago in July, San Francisco in October and Atlanta in early 2011.
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thank you Danny, stay tuned for some remarkable episodes coming up. Why not put some of your images on or FB http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/marcsilbershow?ref=ts
thank you Danny, stay tuned for some remarkable episodes coming up. Why not put some of your images on or FB http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/marcsilbershow?ref=ts
he was my "mentor" growing up as a photographer, along with Ansel Adams-- those are two extremes, which fit together. HCB: "Capture the moment" with his small Leica, AA: with tremendous skill and patience waiting for that moment, but when it came down to it two of his most iconic shots were captured in seconds, as you can hear on my interviews with Micheal Adams.
HCB's exhibit is a must see.
he was my "mentor" growing up as a photographer, along with Ansel Adams-- those are two extremes, which fit together. HCB: "Capture the moment" with his small Leica, AA: with tremendous skill and patience waiting for that moment, but when it came down to it two of his most iconic shots were captured in seconds, as you can hear on my interviews with Micheal Adams.
HCB's exhibit is a must see.
thanks Marc.
FYI I just picked up my 4th SanDisk card since reading your blog.
cheers from Canada
Danny Bailey
thanks Marc.
FYI I just picked up my 4th SanDisk card since reading your blog.
cheers from Canada
Danny Bailey
@sushisilv New Henri Cartier-Bresson Exhibit Marks First Show Since Iconic Photographer’s Death
@sushisilv New Henri Cartier-Bresson Exhibit Marks First Show Since Iconic Photographer’s Death