Cartier-Bresson Exhibition

[GrahamL]

There was a mention in the paper yesterday of an exhibition called 'Decisive Moments' of some Cartier-Bresson photographs, with the opportunity to buy some if your wallet stretches large enough. It's on from the 6th - 29th October at the Fine Arts Society, 148 New Bond Street W1S 2JT.
See http://faslondon.com/fas/Exhibitions/future

I presume it's based on images of his book 'The Decisive Moment' that was re-published last year, it did cause a little controversy at the time, see
http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/dec/23/henri-cartier-bresson-the-decisive-moment-reissued-photography

There's a good piece on this influential photographer in Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Cartier-Bresson

Plan to pop by.

Cheers,

Graham

[Mike Farley]

I presume it's based on images of his book 'The Decisive Moment' that was re-published last year, it did cause a little controversy at the time, see http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/dec/23/henri-cartier-bresson-the-decisive-moment-reissued-photography

Thanks for the tip, Graham.

I am not sure that reprinting "The Decisive Moment" was contentious. It is probably one of the most well known books on photography ever published, especially given its title, yet until last year there was only ever one edition, reflected in the price copies can command today. The binding on the original was not done very well and copies have a tendency to fall apart, so it is rare to find one in good condition. According to the comments at The Online Photographer blog, Steidl's fascimile reprint was not without its problems, either.

http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.co ... -here.html

That's a slightly odd review in The Guardian and I get the impression that specific obsessions are being banged, rather than presenting a balanced opinion. My daughter's exhibition, Celts: Art and Identity, opened at the British Museum last week so I have been reading what the critics have to say with more than a passing interest. Naturally I think that it is an outstanding display of Celtic artefacts from the last 2,500 years, which it is, but some of the comments I have read seem to say more about the reviewer than the show.