Henri Cartier-Bresson: China 1948-1949, 1958

by Michel Frizot

In December 1948, Henri Cartier-Bresson traveled to China at the request of Life magazine. He wound up staying for ten months and captured some of the most spectacular moments in China's history: he photographed Beijing in "the last days of the Kuomintang," and then headed back to Shanghai, where he bore witness to the new regime's takeover. Moreover, in 1958, Henri Cartier-Bresson was one of the first Western photographers to go back to China...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0500545189
• ISBN13: 9780500545188
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 4.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 9.8" x 11.6"