SEEING IS A WHOLE Henri Cartier-Bresson

Interviews and conversations 1951-1998 .

There are few written reflections that Henri Cartier-Bresson bequeathed on his own photographic practice and it was surely in the interviews he gave throughout his career that the French artist was most generous in words and expressed his most vivid thoughts on photography.

This book brings together twelve of these conversations that show an exciting and passionate Cartier-Bresson, who talks about his photography, reflects on the world situation and recalls his life and professional career . Staggered over almost half a century, these twelve moments of dialogue not only reveal the vision that the artist had of photography, but also allow us to see how his thinking transforms and evolves. Twelve testimonies in the first person that trace an image of Cartier-Bresson fully alive and far from the legend.