The Decisive Moment
by Bresson, Henri Cartier
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Orig. pictorial boards. Very good
- Seller
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ardsley, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Simon and Schuster in collaboration with Editions Verve of Paris, 1952. First American edition. Hardcover. Orig. pictorial boards. Very good. Unpaginated. Folio, 37 x 27.5. 126 full-page photographs with cover designed and executed by Henri Matisse. This the American edition from the French edition by Verve, "Images a La Sauvette." Engraving and printing by Draeger Freres, Paris. " The Decisive Moment" Captions laid-in. Considered the father of modern photojournalism, he used a 35 mm Leica camera, composing in the view finder, and what he saw you got -- no cropping or dark room manipulation. Clean, fresh copy, some cellotape repairs to spine.
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- Bookseller
- Royoung bookseller, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20000
- Title
- The Decisive Moment
- Author
- Bresson, Henri Cartier
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Orig. pictorial boards. Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American edition
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster in collaboration with Editions Verve of Paris
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1952
- Keywords
- Art Reference
- Bookseller catalogs
- Photography; Social Life;
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ardsley, New York
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