The Mind's Eye; Writings on Photography and Photographers

by Photographs and essays by Henri Cartier-Bresson

• ISBN13: 9780893818753
• ISBN10: 0893818755
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 1999-09-01
• Publisher: Aperture

Summary

The first compilation of writings by a master of photography. One of the leading lights in photography of the twentieth century, Henri Cartier-Bresson is also a shrewd observer and critic. His writings on photography and photographers, which have appeared sporadically over the past forty-five years, are gathered here for the first time. Several have never before appeared in English. "The Mind's Eye features Cartier-Bresson's famous text on "the decisive moment" as well as his observations on Moscow, Cuba, and China during turbulent times, which ring with the same immediacy and visual intensity that he brings to his photography. Cartier-Bresson remains as direct and insightful as ever in his writings. His commentary on photographer friends he has known-including Robert Capa, Andre Kertesz, Ernst Haas, and Sarah Moon-reveal the impassioned and compassionate vision for which Cartier-Bresson is beloved.

Author Biography

Henri Cartier-Bresson studied painting and literature until 1930, when he began his work in photography. His other books include The Decisive Moment and The Drawings of Henri Cartier-Bresson. He lives in Paris.

Table of Contents

Preface	8	(5)
Gerard Mace
The Lightest Baggage
Part One: The Camera As Sketchbook	13	(36)
The Mind's Eye
My Passion
The Decisive Moment
Photography and Drawing: A Parallel
The Debate
Part Two: Time and Place	49	(28)
Europeans
From One China to the Other
The People of Moscow
Cuba
Part Three: On Photographers and Friends	77	(29)
If, In Making a Portrait
For Alberto Giacometti
Ernst Haas
Romeo Martinez
Robert Doisneau
Sarah Moon
Robert Capa
Teriade
Andre Kertesz
Jean Renoir
My Friend Chim [David Seymour]
Andre Breton: Sun King
Sam Szafran
Georg Eisler
Sirs
Acknowledgments and Bibliography	106