SIGNED; Henri Cartier-Bresson - Carnet de Notes sur le Mexique (ASSOCIATION COPY) - 1984

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Signed and dedicated by Henri Cartier-Bresson to his friend and collegue, photographer Pierre Brochet (1922-2016); there are also some personal notations by HCB (see pictures).

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This fantastic catalogue was published on the occasion of the exhibition at "Centre Culturel du Mexique, Paris" from 5th of march till 28th of april 1984.

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Centre Culturel du Mexique, Paris. 1984. First edition, first printing.

Softcover (as issued). 210 x 210 mm. 24 pages. 41 photos. Photos: Henri Cartier-Bresson. Textes de Mercedes Iturbe et Juan Rulfo. Text in French and Spanish.

Condition:
Inside clean, fresh and flawless, with no foxing and with no marks of previous owner. Outside fresh; partly yellowed. Overall fine condition.

Unique copy - with original signature, dedication and notations by HCB (Henri-Cartier-Breesson).

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"Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004) was a French photographer. One of the leading contemporary photographers, he had a great role in the recognition of photography as an art form. He was an specialist in what would be called humanist photography, also being an exponent of candid photography and street photography. His way of working meant to capture what he called "the decisive moment".
Cartier-Bresson traveled all around the world and documented historical events, like the proclamation of the People's Republic of China in 1949. He also published several photography books. In 1947, he was one of the founders of Magnum Photos."
(Wikipedia)

"Born in Chanteloup-en-Brie, Seine-et-Marne, Henri Cartier-Bresson developed a strong fascination with painting early on, and particularly with Surrealism. In 1932, after spending a year in the Ivory Coast, he discovered the Leica – his camera of choice after that moment – and began a life-long passion for photography. In 1933, he had his first exhibition at the Julien Levy Gallery in New York. He later made films with Jean Renoir.
Taken prisoner of war in 1940, he escaped on his third attempt in 1943 and subsequently joined an underground organization to assist prisoners and escapees. In 1945, he photographed the liberation of Paris with a group of professional journalists and then filmed the documentary Le Retour (The Return).
In 1947, with Robert Capa, George Rodger, David ‘Chim’ Seymour and William Vandivert, he founded Magnum Photos. After three years he had spent travelling in the East, in 1952, he returned to Europe, where he published his first book, Images à la Sauvette (published in English as The Decisive Moment). He explained his approach to photography in these terms, ‘”For me the camera is a sketch book, an instrument of intuition and spontaneity, the master of the instant which, in visual terms, questions and decides simultaneously. It is by economy of means that one arrives at simplicity of expression.
From 1968, he began to curtail his photographic activities, preferring to concentrate on drawing and painting. In 2003, with his wife and daughter, he created the Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson in Paris for the preservation of his work. Cartier-Bresson received an extraordinary number of prizes, awards, and honorary doctorates. He died at his home in Provence on 3 August 2004, a few weeks short of his 96th birthday."
(Magnum website)