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The World of Henri Cartier-Bresson

A kaleidoscopic look at the world in the mid-twentieth century from the perspective of Magnum co-founder Henri Cartier-Bresson

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Henri Cartier-Bresson | The World of Henri Cartier Bresson Man cycling down street. Hyères, France.1932. © Henri Cartier-Bresson | Magnum Photos
Henri Cartier-Bresson | The World of Henri Cartier Bresson Young boys playing in rubble. Seville, Andalucia, Spain. 1933. © Henri Cartier-Bresson | Magnum Photos
Henri Cartier-Bresson | The World of Henri Cartier Bresson Couples kissing on benches in the Jardin des Plantes. Paris, France. 1959. © Henri Cartier-Bresson | Magnum Photos
Henri Cartier-Bresson | The World of Henri Cartier Bresson Young boys playing in the street. Madrid, Spain, 1933. © Henri Cartier-Bresson | Magnum Photos
Henri Cartier-Bresson | The World of Henri Cartier Bresson A farewell service for the late actor Danjuro held at the Aoyama Funeral Hall. Tokyo, Japan, November 13, 1963. © Henri Cartier-Bresson | Magnum Photos
Henri Cartier-Bresson | The World of Henri Cartier Bresson Group of three people on street. Alicante, Spain. 1933. © Henri Cartier-Bresson | Magnum Photos
Henri Cartier-Bresson | The World of Henri Cartier Bresson Two men staring at wall. Brussels, Belgium, 1932. © Henri Cartier-Bresson | Magnum Photos
Henri Cartier-Bresson | The World of Henri Cartier Bresson Man holding child. Madrid, Spain. 1933. © Henri Cartier-Bresson | Magnum Photos
Henri Cartier-Bresson | The World of Henri Cartier Bresson The visit of Cardinal Pacelli. "The crowd was outside of Sacré-Coeur waiting to see him and to touch him if possible. People were shouting "Vive Dieu". From where I stood in the crowd I could see o (...)
Henri Cartier-Bresson | The World of Henri Cartier Bresson Elementary school. Moscow, USSR. 1954. © Henri Cartier-Bresson | Magnum Photos
Henri Cartier-Bresson | The World of Henri Cartier Bresson Coronation of King George VI. London, England. 12 May, 1937. "People had waited all night in Trafalgar Square in order not to miss any part of the coronation ceremony of George VI. Some slept on (...)
Henri Cartier-Bresson | The World of Henri Cartier Bresson Figuring running. Place de l'Europe, Gare Saint Lazare, Paris, France. 1932. © Henri Cartier-Bresson | Magnum Photos
Henri Cartier-Bresson | The World of Henri Cartier Bresson "Students dancing the "Yanko" during a parade. Shanghai, China. 1949. © Henri Cartier-Bresson | Magnum Photos
Henri Cartier-Bresson | The World of Henri Cartier Bresson A young Belgian woman and former Gestapo informer in a transit camp, being identified as she tried to hide in the crowd. Dessau, Germany, April, 1945. © Henri Cartier-Bresson | Magnum Photos
Henri Cartier-Bresson | The World of Henri Cartier Bresson French painter Henri Matisse at his home, villa "Le Rêve". Vence, Alpes-Maritimes, France. February, 1944. © Henri Cartier-Bresson | Magnum Photos
Henri Cartier-Bresson | The World of Henri Cartier Bresson Group sitting at table on street. Grand Street, Brooklyn, New York City, USA. 1947. © Henri Cartier-Bresson | Magnum Photos
Henri Cartier-Bresson | The World of Henri Cartier Bresson Muslim women on the slopes of Hari Parbal Hill, praying toward the sun rising behind the Himalayas. Srinagar, Kashmir, India. 1948. © Henri Cartier-Bresson | Magnum Photos
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