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Most of the articles that have been written about Cartier-Bresson areritical accounts of his art books and exhibitions. This book aims to make anmportant contribution to the study of Bresson's oeuvre, in that it attemptso re-establish the dimensions of his photojournalism by assessing hisypical reportages and to offer a step toward a comprehensive study of hisntire oeuvre. While it offers much anecodotal information about his personalife, it is not a biography. Instead, it attempts to restore his photographyo its historical and biographical context.;Since the late 1960s, the museumorld and the art market have positioned Henri Cartier-Bresson exclusively asn artist and his work exclusively as "art photography". Those who minimizer deny that his art grew out of photojournalism ignore the evidence of hisork as it was originally presented in illustrated magazines, specifically,n more than 500 published magazine reports. One prominent example is Johnzarkowski, former director of photography at the Museum of Modern Art in Nework, who attempted to divide Cartier-Bresson's work into professional andCookman, Claude is the author of 'Compelled to Witness The Photographic Reportage of Henri Cartier-Bresson' with ISBN 9780714842837 and ISBN 0714842834.
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