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Exhibition - The Man, the Image, the World. A Retrospective 

Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson 

This collection of work provides the ultimate retrospective look at a lifetime’s achievement. It includes the first photographs taken by Henri Cartier-Bresson, some of which have never been published, rarely seen work from all periods of his life, and a generous selection of classic photographs that have become icons of the medium.

Reference books:
De qui s’agit-il ?, Gallimard / Bibliothèque Nationale de France, 2003.
The Man, The Image & The World. A Retrospective, Thames & Hudson, 2003.

TECHNICAL DETAILS

265 black & white modern prints, matted and framed:
200 frames: 46,5 x 57 cm / 65 frames:... 

Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson 1947

INDIA. Rajasthan. Purana Ghat Palace. 1947. 

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INDIA. Tamil Nadu. Tiruvannamalai. 1950. An old man endowed with... 

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INDIA. Rajasthan. Jaipur. 1948. The Maharadjah of Baria arrives... 

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INDIA. Gujarat. Baroda (Vadodara). 1948. An elephant fight during... 

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INDIA. Punjab. Kurukshetra. A refugee camp for 300.000 people.... 

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BURMA. Yangon (Rangoon). 1948. At the Shwe Dagon Pagoda. Burmese... 

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INDIA. Maharashtra. Bombay. 1947. An astrologer's shop in the... 

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INDIA. Kashmir. The Hazrat Bal. 1947. 
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INDIA. Gujarat. Ahmedabad. 1966. 

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INDIA. Gujarat. Ahmedabad. 1966. Women spreading out their saris... 

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CHINA. Shanghai. 1949. Children await coolies and rickshaws to... 

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CHINA. Beijing. December 1948. A merchant and a client greet... 

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CHINA. Shanghai. 1949. Lunch time. 

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CHINA. Shanghai. 1949. While his naked child sleeps, a street... 
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CHINA. Beijing. December 1948. A mother huddles her baby close... 

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CHINA. Beijing. December 1948. A eunuch of the Imperial court... 

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CHINA. Beijing. December 1948. The Forbidden City in the morning... 

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CHINA. Beijing. December 1948. This impervious old man at the... 
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HONG KONG. 1949. Siesta time finds an infant asleep on a counter... 

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CHINA. Beijing. December 1948. Street of antique dealers. 

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CHINA. Shanghai. December 1948-January 1949. On the Bund. As... 
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CHINA. Shanghai. 1949. Youngsters devour the illustrated stories... 

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HONG KONG. September 1949. The Chinese traders newspaper of Hong... 

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CHINA. Jiangsu. Nankin. April 1949. With their few belongings... 

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CHINA. Shanghai. December 1948 - January 1949. Complete with... 

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CHINA. Jiangsu. Nankin. April 1949. 7 a.m. A column of soldiers... 

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CHINA. Beijing. December 1948. As the morning mists clear over... 

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CHINA. Beijing. December 1948. A bewildered old man searches... 

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JAPAN. Hokkaido. Hakodate. 1965. 

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CHINA. Jiangsu. Nankin. April 1949. Students post their drawings... 

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CHINA. Shanghai. July 6, 1949
July 6 parade. Women teachers of... 
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CHINA. Shanghai. July 4, 1949. Cultural meeting of artists' and... 
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CHINA. Shanghai. 1949. Feast celebrating the solemn entry of... 

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CHINA. Shanghai. June 12, 1949. Parade of students with the portrait... 

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JAPAN. Mount Aso. 1965. 

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JAPAN. Kyoto. Daitoku-ji Temple. 1965. 
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EGYPT. Luxor. 1950. Peasants fishing in the the Nile. 

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TURKEY. Anatolia. Kurdish village of Aligur, near Urfa. 1964.... 

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EGYPT. Cairo. 1950. The amateur of scarabs in an antique shop... 

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TURKEY. Pergamon. The Acropolis. 1964. 

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EGYPT. 1950. 
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PAKISTAN. Lahore. 1948. 

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EGYPT. Cairo. 1950. Peasant women at a Bazaar. They put whatever... 

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IRAN. Georgian village of Akore. 1950. 

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IRAN. Mazadaran province. 1950. In a village near Ramsar, these... 

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PAKISTAN. 1950. Between Lahore and Quetta. 

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PAKISTAN. Lahore. 1948. Women's camp. 

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TURKEY. Istanbul. Galata. 1964. 

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ITALY. Abruzzo. Scanno. 1951. 

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FRANCE. Paris. 14th arrondissement. Rue d'Alésia. Swiss painter... 

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Alberto GIACOMETTI, Swiss painter and sculptor. FRANCE. Paris.... 

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SWITZERLAND. Region of Grisons. Village of Stampa. Swiss painter... 

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Swiss sculptor, Alberto GIACOMETTI with French publisher, E.... 

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FRANCE. Paris. Maeght gallery. Swiss painter and sculptor Alberto... 

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FRANCE. Paris. 6th arrondissement. Rue des Grands Augustins.... 

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FRANCE. Alpes-Maritimes. Vence. February 1944. French painter... 

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FRANCE. Paris. 1952. The burial of French poet Paul ELUARD.

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MEXICO. Popocatepetl volcano. 1963. 

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MEXICO. 1963. 

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SPAIN. Aragon. Ariza. 1953. 
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