Cart is empty

Sign in / Register

Advanced Search

< Back to collections by Henri Cartier-Bresson

Henri Cartier-Bresson - CEYLON. March 1950.

CEYLON. March 1950. - CEYLON. Colombo. March 1950. Tourist. - Henri Cartier-Bresson

CEYLON. Colombo. March 1950. Tourist.

CEYLON. March 1950. - CEYLON. Kandy. March 1950. On the day of British elections, the Kandy Labour Union paraded around town. They passed in front of Sir George Ward's statue. WARD was the British Governor in 1850. - Henri Cartier-Bresson

CEYLON. Kandy. March 1950. On the day of British elections, the Kandy Labour Union paraded around town. They passed in front of Sir George Ward's statue. WARD w

CEYLON. March 1950. - CEYLON. March 1950. Adam's Peak. Buddhist pilgrimage (around the full moon). - Henri Cartier-Bresson

CEYLON. March 1950. Adam's Peak. Buddhist pilgrimage (around the full moon).

CEYLON. March 1950. - CEYLON. March 1950. Adam's Peak. Buddhist pilgrimage (around the full moon). - Henri Cartier-Bresson

CEYLON. March 1950. Adam's Peak. Buddhist pilgrimage (around the full moon).

CEYLON. March 1950. - CEYLON. March 1950. Village of Amunnugama, 17 miles from Kandy. George KEYT, a Burgher, a descendent of the Dutch mixed with Sinhalese, paints with complete awareness of modern theories and techniques. He takes his subjects out of daily life as well as Buddhist and Hindu mythology. - Henri Cartier-Bresson

CEYLON. March 1950. Village of Amunnugama, 17 miles from Kandy. George KEYT, a Burgher, a descendent of the Dutch mixed with Sinhalese, paints with complete awa

CEYLON. March 1950. - CEYLON. March 1950. - Henri Cartier-Bresson

CEYLON. March 1950.

CEYLON. March 1950. - CEYLON. March 1950. Adam's Peak. Buddhist pilgrimage (around the full moon).
On the way down, pilgrims at one of the rest houses, put up threads and long pins on a bush because Buddha was supposed to have torn his robe there. - Henri Cartier-Bresson

CEYLON. March 1950. Adam's Peak. Buddhist pilgrimage (around the full moon).
On the way down, pilgrims at one of the rest houses, put up threads and long pins

CEYLON. March 1950. - CEYLON. Colombo. March 1950. In the residential section, the walls are covered with slogans dating from the war. The Government asked the population, in English and Sinhalese, not to spend money wastefully. The Communists have recently utilized these walls to chalk their slogans underneath. They attack Capitalism and the UNP, the United National Party, which is the Government Party. - Henri Cartier-Bresson

CEYLON. Colombo. March 1950. In the residential section, the walls are covered with slogans dating from the war. The Government asked the population, in English...

CEYLON. March 1950. - CEYLON. March 1950. Buddhist pilgrimage (around the full moon). Buddhist monks rest in front of rooms rented out to pilgrims on the way up to Adam's Peak. - Henri Cartier-Bresson

CEYLON. March 1950. Buddhist pilgrimage (around the full moon). Buddhist monks rest in front of rooms rented out to pilgrims on the way up to Adam's Peak.

CEYLON. March 1950. - CEYLON. March 1950. Adam's Peak. Buddhist pilgrimage (around the full moon). - Henri Cartier-Bresson

CEYLON. March 1950. Adam's Peak. Buddhist pilgrimage (around the full moon).

CEYLON. March 1950. - CEYLON. Village of Wadipola. March 1950. - Henri Cartier-Bresson

CEYLON. Village of Wadipola. March 1950.

CEYLON. March 1950. - CEYLON. March 1950. On their way to England, Australians stopped at Colombo and went sightseeing. Rickshaw driver asks the women if they want a ride. - Henri Cartier-Bresson

CEYLON. March 1950. On their way to England, Australians stopped at Colombo and went sightseeing. Rickshaw driver asks the women if they want a ride.

CEYLON. March 1950. - CEYLON. Kandy. March 1950. Temple of the holy tooth. - Henri Cartier-Bresson

CEYLON. Kandy. March 1950. Temple of the holy tooth.

CEYLON. March 1950. - CEYLON. Polonaruvia. March 1950. - Henri Cartier-Bresson

CEYLON. Polonaruvia. March 1950.

CEYLON. March 1950. - CEYLON. Kandy. March 1950. - Henri Cartier-Bresson

CEYLON. Kandy. March 1950.

CEYLON. March 1950. - CEYLON. Vatadage. 1949. - Henri Cartier-Bresson

CEYLON. Vatadage. 1949.

© 2012 Magnum Photos - All rights reserved

Terms and conditions

Design by AREA 17

Magnum Photos is a photographic cooperative of great diversity and distinction owned by its photographer members. With powerful individual vision, Magnum photographers chronicle the world and interpret its peoples, events, issues and personalities.

Join us on Facebook

Follow us on Twitter

Built by Orange Logic