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Background information
"Between 1932 and 1934, Henri CARTIER-BRESSON and Paul STRAND visited Mexico, and the photographs they took there allow an unprecedented comparison between these two masters of photography. In the fall of 1932, American photographer Paul STRAND traveled to Mexico by car at the invitation of the Mexican Minister of Education. There he exhibited his work and began his film 'Redes' (1934). At the same time, Henri CARTIER-BRESSON had agreed to undertake a French ethnographic mission from Mexico to Argentina. When he arrived in Mexico, the project had been canceled, but he stayed for a year and exhibited his work at the Palacio de Bellas Artes with Manuel ÁLVAREZ BRAVO. The two photographers then met in New York in 1935, where they joined a group of filmmakers committed to Nykino to gain new cinematic experience.
Content
This book of photographs, 'Henri Cartier-Bresson Paul Strand. Mexique. 1932-1934,' features black-and-white photographs, including many portraits, that reveal the startling similarities and differences between their social documentary approaches." (slightly altered text, © Steidl, 2012)
Additional information
The photography volume 'Henri Cartier-Bresson Paul Strand. Mexique 1932-34' has an exclusively French text!
About the photographers, Henri CARTIER-BRESSON (1908-2004) and Paul STRAND (1890-1976)
Photo books by and about Henri CARTIER-BRESSON
Photo books by and about Paul STRAND
- Ed(s)/Author(s)
- Agnès Sire, Clément Chéroux
- Format
- French ed.! HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 18 x 24 x 2 cm., 140 pp., b/w ills., text language: French