This collection of work by Henri Cartier-Bresson is the ultimateretrospective look at a lifetime's achievement. It brims with classicphotographs that have become icons of the medium, as well as rarely seenwork from all periods of Cartier-Bresson's life, including a significantnumber of previously unpublished photographs and a generous selection ofdrawings, paintings and film stills. The book also features personalsouvenirs from Cartier-Bresson's youth, his family and the founding ofMagnum. Cartier-Bresson's extraordinary images are shaped by an eye and a mindlegendary for their intelligent empathy and for their unerring ability toget to the heart of the matter. This definitive collection of the masterphotographer's work is an essential book for anyone interested inphotography - indeed, for anyone interested in the people, places andevents of the last century.