Who are you, Henri Cartier-Bresson? : The life's work in 602 pictures

Who is behind the legendary initials HCB, who exactly is Henri Cartier-Bresson - this man who became a myth against his will, who shaped photography, and not only photojournalism, of the 20th century with his very personal style and ethos, who knew how to combine form and content in such a way that it seems unthinkable today to portray the world of facts and the visible, whether everyday or spectacular, in any other way than he did for half a century? The question is as complex and multifaceted as the personality and work of Henri Cartier-Bresson, whose 95th birthday is being celebrated this year with two extraordinary events: in the spring with a major retrospective at the Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, and with the major monograph accompanying the exhibition, which we are offering here in German translation.
On over 400 pages, in eight text contributions by well-known authors - including Jean Clair, Peter Galassi and Robert Delpire - and with more than 600 illustrations, this opulent book provides the definitive answers to the question of who Henri Cartier-Bresson was as a photographer and filmmaker, an artist, a cosmopolitan and a human being.