Henri Cartier-Bresson: Ta Biography with 25 Illustrations

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Thames & Hudson, 2005 - Art - 280 pages
"An intensely private individual, Cartier-Bresson nonetheless took Pierre Assouline into his confidence over a number of years, discussing such subjects as his youthful devotion to surrealism, his lifelong passion for drawing, his experience of war and the prison camps, his friends and the women in his life. He even opened up his invaluable archives. This biography is the result of the meeting of two minds, revealed in much the same way and with the same truth as one of Cartier-Bresson's photographs."--BOOK JACKET.

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About the author (2005)

Pierre Assouline, a writer and journalist, has written biographiesof Georges Simenon, Hergé, and others. He lives in Paris.

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