Henri Cartier-Bresson - Man and Maschine - 1971

FANTASTIC EARLY TITLE from 1971 (!) by the photography legend Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004), founder of Magnum Agency - in EXCELLENT, BREATH-TAKING PRINTING.

This collection of photographs by Henri Cartier-Bresson on man's continuing dialogue with machines was commissioned by the IBM World Trade Corporation, New York.
The book has been produced with the assistance of Bruce MacKenzie and Robert Delpire for text and design.

With the SCARCE ORIGINAL DUSTJACKET.

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Henri Cartier-Bresson is famous for many excellent photobooks, especially from the early years like "The decisive moment" (1952) or "The europeans" (1955).

"With man, as with matter, chance and randomness may actually be the most representative forms of reality. The accident of human expression, the passing look of curiosity, of boredom, discovery, frustra-tion, enthusiasm, faith, or happiness-such unique moments can be caught by that modern instrument, the camera, but only when it is mastered by an artist who has overcome its physical limitations and freed himself from its material constraints.
This is the theme of Man and Machine: the mastery by man of his own electronic and mechanical creations. By his personal example of human control over a technical tool, and through his profound artistry, world-famous photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson reveals to us in this new book the interdependence of subject and object. His photographs are complemented by brief quotations from writers from Aristotle to Einstein."
(from the publisher)

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Viking Press, New York. 1971. First edition, first printing.

Hardcover with dustjacket. 310 x 270 mm. 116 pages. Photos: Henri Cartier-Bresson. Language: English.

Condition:
Book inside excellent, fresh and flawless; clean with no marks and no foxing. Book outside with fresh covers and spine; at two parts rubbed at the bottom edge. Dustjacket fresh and impressive, but with trace of use; small missing part and crease at the bottom of the rear side, three smaller tears (acid-free) taped from behind. Overall fine condition.

Wonderful photobook by Henri Cartier-Bresson - with the original dustjacket.

Originally published in 1969 in French ("L`homme et la machine") and English by IBM World Trade Corporation, New York. Published simultaneously (in 1971) to the edition here in Canada by the MacMillan Company.
Published in 1972 by Thames and Hudson, London and by Editions du Chêne, Paris.

"Henri Cartier-Bresson is universally acclaimed as one of the greatest photographers of our time. Characteristic of his superb reportage work is the combination of "purity of subject, the instant caught in flight, ephemeral truth made lasting."
The first major exhibition of Cartier-Bresson's work was held at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, in 1946. Since then he has had two one-man exhibitions at the Louvre in Paris. Both of these shows traveled throughout Europe; the first was also exhibited in Japan. His second major exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art was held in 1968 prior to touring the United States. In 1970 an exhibition of his pictures of France was held at Le Grand Palais, Paris, and subsequently, in 1971, at the Hallmark Gallery, New York.
His work has been featured in the world's leading picture magazines; he has been the subject of monographs, and his own books include: The Decisive Moment, The Euro-peans, The People of Moscow, From One China to Another, The World of Henri Cartier-Bresson, and Cartier-Bresson's France (with text by François Nourissier)."
(from the publisher)

"Henri Cartier-Bresson was a French photographer. One of the leading contemporary photographers, he had a great role in the recognition of photography as an art form. He was an specialist in what would be called humanist photography, also being an exponent of candid photography and street photography. His way of working meant to capture what he called "the decisive moment".
Cartier-Bresson traveled all around the world and documented historical events, like the proclamation of the People's Republic of China in 1949. He also published several photography books. In 1947, he was one of the founders of Magnum Photos."
(Wikipedia)

"Born in Chanteloup-en-Brie, Seine-et-Marne, Henri Cartier-Bresson developed a strong fascination with painting early on, and particularly with Surrealism. In 1932, after spending a year in the Ivory Coast, he discovered the Leica – his camera of choice after that moment – and began a life-long passion for photography. In 1933, he had his first exhibition at the Julien Levy Gallery in New York. He later made films with Jean Renoir.
Taken prisoner of war in 1940, he escaped on his third attempt in 1943 and subsequently joined an underground organization to assist prisoners and escapees. In 1945, he photographed the liberation of Paris with a group of professional journalists and then filmed the documentary Le Retour (The Return).
In 1947, with Robert Capa, George Rodger, David ‘Chim’ Seymour and William Vandivert, he founded Magnum Photos. After three years he had spent travelling in the East, in 1952, he returned to Europe, where he published his first book, Images à la Sauvette (published in English as The Decisive Moment). He explained his approach to photography in these terms, ‘”For me the camera is a sketch book, an instrument of intuition and spontaneity, the master of the instant which, in visual terms, questions and decides simultaneously. It is by economy of means that one arrives at simplicity of expression.
From 1968, he began to curtail his photographic activities, preferring to concentrate on drawing and painting. In 2003, with his wife and daughter, he created the Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson in Paris for the preservation of his work. Cartier-Bresson received an extraordinary number of prizes, awards, and honorary doctorates. He died at his home in Provence on 3 August 2004, a few weeks short of his 96th birthday."
(Magnum website)