Cartier-Bresson, Henri. The Decisive Moment. Simon & Schuster, 1952.

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Condition: Very Good

Description: First Edition, First Printing (July 1952). Published by Simon & Schuster 1952. Folio. Pictorial boards. Signed and inscribed by Henri Cartier-Bresson opposite title page. Book is very good with some wear along edges and small nicks/chips. Paper boards have small tears but the binding is still sound and all pages intact. Some shelf wear to boards. Spotting to back panel. Lacking the dust jacket and slipcase. Book cover artwork by Henri Matisse. Very scarce signed copy of Cartier-Bresson's masterpiece. Even scarcer signed as "Henri Cartier-Bresson" with his full name. Most signed copies are signed Henri or H Cartier-Bresson. Would be the centerpiece of any serious photography collector's library. Book has been placed in a custom acetate protector. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York. We Buy Books! Individual titles, libraries, collections. Message us if you have books to sell!

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Cartier-Bresson, Henri. The Decisive Moment.. Simon and Schuster, New York, 1952.

Price: US$9500.00 + shipping

Description: First edition of Cartier-Bresson's classic work, with 126 photographs by “the Raphael of 20th-century photographers." Folio, original illustrated boards. Association copy, inscribed by Cartier-Bresson on the title page, "à Joan et Eliot, 'The Decisive Moment' de l'amitià , Henri, 19 Jan 57, la vraie patrie c'est l'amitià ." The recipient was Eliot Elisofon, a fellow photographer and a founding member of the Photo League in 1936. He was one of the most active and productive members: he gave guest lectures (1938â€"43); co-organized the Men at Work project with Lewis Hine (1940); served periodically as president between 1939 and 1941; taught courses on photojournalism and flash photography (1940â€"41); and participated in numerous exhibitions. Elisofon taught at many institutions, including theÂInstitute of American Artists SchoolÂ(1936-1941), the New School (1938), the Clarence H. White School of Photography (November 1940 â€" April 1941), the Photo League (1941), the New School for Social Research (1942), theÂMuseum of Modern Art, and theÂSchool of the Art Institute of Chicago, as well as Yale University, Syracuse University, Radcliffe College, Wellesley College, and Sarah Lawrence College. Elisofon’s first assignments for Life magazine appeared in 1937, Tin Type Photographer and Jewish New Year, and in 1941 his image of General Patton was the first color cover of Life. Patton was intrigued by Elisofon’s desire to get as close to the action as possible and nicknamed him “Hellsapopin.” He was the only photographer to accompany Gen. Patton throughout the North African Campaign. His photographs became an exhibition titled The Tunisian Triumph, which opened in June 1943 at MoMA and traveled to 20 cities in the United States. From 1942 to 1964 he was a staff photographer for Life magazine.ÂWith the captions booklet laid in. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Matisse. An exceptional association, rare and desirable signed. "Cartier-Bresson has a special interest in photographing people and in capturing the essence of what has not previously been seen. He is famous for his theory of the 'decisive moment'-that is seizing the split second when the subject stands revealed in its most significant aspect? Today he ranks as one of the most important and influential photographers of this century" (Blodgett, 96)â€""the Raphael of 20th-century photographers" (Icons of Photography, 58). Decisive Moment is Cartier-Bresson's most famous work, containing his most comprehensive and important statement on the meaning, technique, and utility of photography. "The simultaneous publication [of this edition with Images à la Sauvette] in New York in July 1952, with a cover by Matisse (who had just had his retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art) was a tremendous success" (Roth, 134). With extremely scarce dust jacket; separate caption pamphlet (rarely found) laid in. Parr & Badger I:208. Open Book, 154-5.

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