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Henri Cartier-Bresson’s Les Européens

Magnum co-founder Henri Bresson-Cartier goes in search of a shared European identity

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Henri Cartier-Bresson | Les Européens "I am looking for any kind of work", sign hanging around the neck of this young German. Hamburg, West Germany. December 1952-January 1953. © Henri Cartier-Bresson | Magnum Photos
Henri Cartier-Bresson | Les Européens Train going to Ascot. Waterloo train station. London, UK. 1953. © Henri Cartier-Bresson | Magnum Photos
Henri Cartier-Bresson | Les Européens Interlude at the Glyndebourne Festival Opera. East Sussex, UK. 1953. © Henri Cartier-Bresson | Magnum Photos
Henri Cartier-Bresson | Les Européens Statistics of traffic accidents are exhibited to educate passers-by. Bahnhofstrasse, Zurich, Switzerland. 1953. © Henri Cartier-Bresson | Magnum Photos
Henri Cartier-Bresson | Les Européens Pub. Thurles, Munster, Tipperary County, Ireland. 1952. © Henri Cartier-Bresson | Magnum Photos
Henri Cartier-Bresson | Les Européens Beaune, Côte d'Or, Burgundy, France. 1951. © Henri Cartier-Bresson | Magnum Photos
Henri Cartier-Bresson | Les Européens Zurich, Switzerland. 1953. © Henri Cartier-Bresson | Magnum Photos
Henri Cartier-Bresson | Les Européens Ancient Eleusina, Attica, Greece. 1953. © Henri Cartier-Bresson | Magnum Photos
Henri Cartier-Bresson | Les Européens Seminarians near Burgos. Castile and Leon, Spain. 1953. © Henri Cartier-Bresson | Magnum Photos
Henri Cartier-Bresson | Les Européens Dingle Peninsula. Munster, County Kerry, Ireland. 1952. © Henri Cartier-Bresson | Magnum Photos
Henri Cartier-Bresson | Les Européens San Remo, Liguria, Italy.1953. © Henri Cartier-Bresson | Magnum Photos
Henri Cartier-Bresson | Les Européens Canteen for workers building the Hotel Metropol. Moscow, USSR. 1954. © Henri Cartier-Bresson | Magnum Photos
Henri Cartier-Bresson | Les Européens Sauternes, Gironde, France. 1953. © Henri Cartier-Bresson | Magnum Photos
Henri Cartier-Bresson | Les Européens Dublin, Ireland. 1952. © Henri Cartier-Bresson | Magnum Photos
Henri Cartier-Bresson | Les Européens The Kremlin and the Moskva River.Moscow, USSR. 1954. © Henri Cartier-Bresson | Magnum Photos
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