Main entry:

Cartier-Bresson, Henri, 1908-2004, author.

Title & Author:

The mind's eye : writings on photography and photographers / Henri Cartier-Bresson ; [Michael L. Sand, editor] ; [English translation of essays ... by Diana C. Stoll].

Edition:

First edition.

Publication:

New York, N.Y. : Aperture, [1999]
©1999.

Description:

109 pages : illustrations, facsimiles ; 22 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Preface : The lightest baggage / Gerard Mace -- pt. 1. The camera as sketchbook ; The mind's eye ; My passion ; The decisive moment ; Photography and drawing : A parallel ; The debate -- pt. 2. Time and place ; Europeans ; From one China to the other ; The people of Moscow ; Cuba -- pt. 3. On photographers and friends ; If,iIn 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.
Text in English with facsimiles in French. Some text translated from French.

Summary:

"Among the most influential photographers of the twentieth century, a founder of Magnum Photos and the man responsible for the term "the decisive moment," Henri Cartier-Bresson is also a sharply insightful critic and observer." "The Mind's Eye is the first compilation of his writings on photography, some of which have appeared sporadically in books and journals over the past forty-five years but have never been available in a single volume. Several of the texts have never before appeared in English." "Now ninety years old, Cartier-Bresson seldom photographs; he devotes much of his time to drawing, and remains as forceful and discerning as ever in his writings. The last section of The Mind's Eye includes his commentary on photographer friends he has known - including Robert Capa, Andre Kertesz, Ernst Haas, and Sarah Moon - which reveal the impassioned and compassionate vision for which Cartier-Bresson is beloved."--Jacket.

Resources:
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

0893818755 (hardcover)
9780893818753 (hardcover)
0893818909 (limited ed.)
9780893818906 (limited ed.)

Subject:

Photography.
Photographic interpretation.
Photographers.
Photographie.
Photo-interprétation.
Photographes.
photographers.
Fotografie
Fotografer.
Fotografi teori, filosofi.

Form/genre:

Photography, Artistic.

Added entries:

Sand, Michael L., editor.
Stoll, Diana C., translator.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 233302
Call No.: TR140.C327 C34 1999
Status: Available