China. Photographs and notes on fifteen months spent in China
2020
First Published
236
Number of Pages
Cartier-Bresson achieved international recognition for his coverage of 's funeral in India in 1948 and the last stage of the in 1949. He covered the last six months of the administration and the first six months of the Maoist . He also photographed the last surviving Imperial in Beijing, as the city was falling to the communists. In Shanghai, he often worked in the company of photojournalist, whom Cartier-Bresson had previously befriended in Bombay. From China, he went on to (Indonesia), where he documented the gaining of independence from the Dutch.
Author
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Author · 22 books
Henri Cartier-Bresson was a French photographer considered to be the father of modern photojournalism, an early adopter of 35 mm format, and the master of candid photography. He helped develop the "street photography" or "real life reportage" style that has influenced generations of photographers that followed.
