Henri Cartier-Bresson. Chine 1948-1949, 1958. Collections – Expositions Coptic Study Library XIV

Coptic Study Library XIV

the papyri have remained unpublished

Nicolle & K

from the innovations of abstraction to the questions of minimalism

Henri Cartier-Bresson. Chine 1948-1949, 1958. Collections – Expositions Coptic Study Library XIVDrawing on the extensive archives of the HCB Foundation, this book retraces and analyzes one of the key moments in Henri Cartier Bresson's career: his stay in China from December 1948 to September 1949. Following a commission from Life magazine, and shortly after the creation of the Magnum cooperative agency, HCB made this trip at the time of the transition between the nationalist regime of Chiang Kai shek and the communist regime of Mao Zedong. More