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Henri Cartier-Bresson

Henri Cartier-Bresson

French, 1908–2004

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Henri Cartier-Bresson was a French humanist photographer, and also an artist. He was considered a master of candid photography, and was an early user of 35mm film. He pioneered the genre of street photography and viewed capturing what he named the decisive moment as the essence of the very best pictures.

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Works in Collection

304 works
A Member of the French Academy on his Way to a Ceremony at Notre Dame

A Member of the French Academy on his Way to a Ceremony a...

Henri Cartier-Bresson

1953

Ahmadabad, India

Ahmadabad, India

Henri Cartier-Bresson

1966

Ahmadabad, India

Ahmadabad, India

Henri Cartier-Bresson

1966

Ahmedabad, India

Ahmedabad, India

Henri Cartier-Bresson

1966

Ahmedabad, India

Ahmedabad, India

Henri Cartier-Bresson

1960

Ahmedabad, India

Ahmedabad, India

Henri Cartier-Bresson

1966

Ahmedabad, India

Ahmedabad, India

Henri Cartier-Bresson

1966

Air Force Graveyard, Arizona

Air Force Graveyard, Arizona

Henri Cartier-Bresson

1967

Alain Brustlein, Paris

Alain Brustlein, Paris

Henri Cartier-Bresson

1965

Albert Camus

Albert Camus

Henri Cartier-Bresson

1957

Alberto Giacometti Going Out for Breakfast, Paris

Alberto Giacometti Going Out for Breakfast, Paris

Henri Cartier-Bresson

1963

Alberto Giacometti Outside His Studio

Alberto Giacometti Outside His Studio

Henri Cartier-Bresson

1962

Alberto Rossi and his Fiancée, Rossana Teatini, Watch as a Mother Sheep Nuzzles her Newborn Lamb, Italy

Alberto Rossi and his Fiancée, Rossana Teatini, Watch as ...

Henri Cartier-Bresson

1953

Alexey Brodovitch

Alexey Brodovitch

Henri Cartier-Bresson

1964

Alfred Stieglitz, New York

Alfred Stieglitz, New York

Henri Cartier-Bresson

1946

Alicante, Spain

Alicante, Spain

Henri Cartier-Bresson

1933

Alicante, Spain

Alicante, Spain

Henri Cartier-Bresson

1933

Alicante, Spain

Alicante, Spain

Henri Cartier-Bresson

1933

Alicante, Spain

Alicante, Spain

Henri Cartier-Bresson

1932

Allée du Prado, Marseille

Allée du Prado, Marseille

Henri Cartier-Bresson

1932

An Eye at The Museum of Modern Art, New York

An Eye at The Museum of Modern Art, New York

Henri Cartier-Bresson

1947

André Pieyre de Mandiargues and Léonor Fini, Trieste, Italy

André Pieyre de Mandiargues and Léonor Fini, Trieste, Italy

Henri Cartier-Bresson

1933

André Pieyre de Mandiargues, Italy

André Pieyre de Mandiargues, Italy

Henri Cartier-Bresson

1932-33

Antonio Salazar, Mexico

Antonio Salazar, Mexico

Henri Cartier-Bresson

1934

Exhibitions

36 exhibitions

Mar 17, 1937 – Apr 18, 1937

Photography 1839–1937

243 artists · 1 curator

Dec 31, 1940 – Jan 12, 1941

Sixty Photographs: A Survey of Camera Esthetics

30 artists · 2 curators

Aug 18, 1943 – Sep 19, 1943

Action Photography

44 artists · 1 curator

Nov 04, 1943 – Dec 07, 1943

Portraits

38 artists

May 24, 1944 – Sep 17, 1944

Photography

63 artists · 1 curator

Jun 20, 1945 – Jun 23, 1946

The Museum Collection of Photographs

25 artists

Feb 04, 1947 – Apr 06, 1947

The Photographs of Henri Cartier Bresson

1 artist · 1 curator

Apr 06, 1948 – Jul 11, 1948

In and Out of Focus: A Survey of Today's Photography

79 artists · 1 curator

Jul 27, 1948 – Sep 26, 1948

50 Photographs by 50 Photographers

50 artists · 1 curator

May 09, 1950 – Jul 04, 1950

Color Photography

89 artists · 1 curator

May 01, 1951 – Jul 04, 1951

Abstraction in Photography

105 artists · 1 curator

Jul 12, 1951 – Aug 12, 1951

12 Photographers

12 artists · 1 curator

Nov 20, 1951 – Dec 12, 1951

Memorable Life Photographs

61 artists · 1 curator

Dec 18, 1951 – Feb 24, 1952

Five French Photographers

5 artists · 1 curator

May 26, 1953 – Aug 23, 1953

Postwar European Photography

77 artists · 1 curator

Jan 24, 1955 – May 08, 1955

The Family of Man

251 artists · 2 curators

Nov 26, 1958 – Jan 18, 1959

Photographs from the Museum Collection

273 artists · 1 curator

Nov 18, 1959 – Nov 29, 1959

30th Anniversary Special Installation - Towards the "New" Museum

140 artists

May 04, 1960 – Sep 18, 1960

Portraits from the Museum Collection

92 artists · 1 curator

Oct 01, 1960 – Oct 16, 1960

Photographs for Collectors

66 artists · 1 curator

Apr 03, 1962 – May 15, 1962

50 Photographs by 50 Photographers

50 artists · 1 curator

May 27, 1964

Edward Steichen Photography Center

130 artists · 1 curator

May 27, 1964 – Aug 23, 1964

The Photographer's Eye

105 artists · 1 curator

Mar 16, 1965 – May 16, 1965

The Photo Essay

67 artists · 2 curators

Oct 25, 1967

Steichen Gallery Reinstallation

77 artists

Feb 09, 1968 – Mar 31, 1968

Ben Schultz Memorial Exhibition

24 artists · 1 curator

Jun 25, 1968 – Sep 02, 1968

Cartier-Bresson

1 artist · 1 curator

Jul 09, 1969 – Sep 28, 1969

Portrait Photographs

43 artists · 1 curator

Sep 07, 1971 – Nov 30, 1971

Photographs of Women

33 artists · 1 curator

Sep 11, 1974 – Dec 01, 1974

Public Landscapes

23 artists · 1 curator

Apr 18, 1977 – Jun 26, 1977

Artists by Artists

43 artists · 1 curator

Dec 21, 1979

Edward Steichen Photography Center Reinstallation

102 artists · 1 curator

Oct 23, 1980

Reinstallation of the Collection

129 artists

Oct 08, 1981 – Jan 03, 1982

Still Life

29 artists · 1 curator

Dec 12, 1985 – Mar 11, 1986

Variants

20 artists · 1 curator

Sep 10, 1987 – Nov 29, 1987

Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Early Work

1 artist · 1 curator