Cartier-Bresson, Henri. Les Européens. Photographies. (Publiée par Tériade (d. i. Stratis Eleftheriadis) et Marguerite Lang).
Paris, Éditions Verve (1955). Folio (37 x 28 cm.). 6 S. und 114 teils
doppelblattgr. Duotone-Tafeln in Heliogravure. Farbig illustr.
Orig.-Pappband (von Joan Miró).
Auer 356. Koetzle, Fotografen A-Z 86
f. Parr/Badger I, 209. Roth, The book of 101 books 134.
Sinibaldi-Couturier 107. – Erste Ausgabe. – Dazu: Orig.-Photographie
(Sibergelatine, 30 x 20 cm.) 3 Soldaten und 2 Kinder vor einem Gebäude,
Deutschland 1944, rückseitig mit Stempeln des Fotografen und der
schwedischen Fotoagentur Europa-Press AB. – Henri Cartier-Bresson
(1908–2004) gilt als der Wegbereiter des modernen Fotojournalismus.
Gemeinsam mit Robert Capa und David „Chim“ Seymour gründete er 1947 die
Fotografenkooperative und -Agentur „Magnum“. Sein Blick für das Skurrile
im Alltag war legendär. Er fotografierte unter anderem in Spanien,
Kamerun, Italien, Indien, Pakistan, China, Mexiko und den USA. – „Kein
Fotograf hat über die Ästhetik der Fotografie intensiver reflektiert als
Cartier-Bresson, keiner Theorie und Praxis in einer Weise zur Einheit
verschmolzen, dass jedes seiner fotografischen Bilder Ausdruck eines
entschlossenen ästhetischen Selbstverständnisses ist, ohne freilich an
unvermittelter Überzeugungskraft einzubüßen, keiner auch hat eine solche
Meisterschaft im Erfassen des ‚entscheidenden Augenblicks‘ offenbart,
des Augenblicks, an dem sich für eine denkbar kurze Zeitspanne alle
bewegter Elemente des Motivs im Gleichgewicht befinden“ (Klaus Honnef in
Koetzle). – „The Decisive Moment (Images à la sauvette) is one of the
greatest of all photobooks, and Cartier-Bresson repeated its artistic
success three years later with The Europeans (Les Européens). The format
of the book is the same, this time with a cover designed by Joan Miró.
What gives The Decisive Moment a slight edge is the fact that it
contains images chosen from the whole of his career prior to the 1950s,
while those in The Europeans were made from 1950–55. As its title
suggests, The Europeans has a more specific theme – postwar life in
Europe – and although for most photographers this would tend to be a
strengthening factor, in this case it might be felt to be a marginal
weakness; Cartier-Bresson is at his best when at his most universal“
(Martin Parr). – Sehr gutes sauberes Exemplar. – First edition. – Accompanied
by: original photograph (silvergelatine-print, 30 x 20 cm.) 3 soldiers
and 2 children in front of a building, Germany 1944, stamped on the
verso by the photographer and the Swedish photo agency Europa-Press AB.
– Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004) is considered the pioneer of modern
photojournalism. Together with Robert Capa and David ‘Chim’ Seymour, he
founded the photographer co-operative and agency ‘Magnum’ in 1947. His
eye for the bizarre in everyday life was legendary. He photographed in
Spain, Cameroon, Italy, India, Pakistan, China, Mexico and the USA,
among other places. – ‘No photographer has reflected more intensively on
the aesthetics of photography than Cartier-Bresson, no photographer has
merged theory and practice into a unity in such a way that each of his
photographic images is an expression of a resolute aesthetic self-image,
without, of course, losing any of its immediate persuasive power, nor
has any photographer revealed such mastery in capturing the “decisive
moment”, the moment at which all the moving elements of the motif are in
equilibrium for a conceivably short period of time’ (Klaus Honnef in
Koetzle). – A very good and clean copy.
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