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Article: Henri-Cartier Bresson: A Biography.(Book Review)

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Pierre Assouline Thames & Hudson, 20 [pounds sterling] ISBN 0 500 151233 X

The first biography of Cartier-Bresson since his death is far from definitive, writes John Jolliffe, but it makes a good accompaniment to the memorable retrospective currently in Edinburgh.

Henri Cartier-Bresson can safely be regarded as the greatest photojournalist--and perhaps the greatest photographer--of his century. Born in 1908, he was determined to escape from a bourgeois-industrial background that was prosperous, but far from indulgent. At school, he failed his baccalaureat three times. He joined the Academie Lhote and never forgot the all-importance of composition that he ...

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