“对我而言，摄影是心智、直觉与身外世界在取景框中的一次相会。摄影是一种生活方式。” ——亨利·卡蒂埃-布列松 本书是目前所有关于亨利•卡蒂埃-布列松的出版物中资料最丰富、最详实的，《珍藏布列松》一书首次汇集了以前从未被收集在一起的全套资料。。内容涵盖如此之广泛，除了摄影，还有电影及绘画作品，以及布列松的家人和朋友给他拍的生活照。 •亨利•卡蒂埃－布列松早期拍摄的照片，其中一些未曾发表过 •精心陈列的老照片 •构成亨利•卡蒂埃－布列松摄影作品精华的精选照片 •亨利•卡蒂埃－布列松拍摄的影片，或者关于亨利•卡蒂埃－布列松的影片 •书籍、专题论文、故事、代表作品选，总而言之就是亨利•卡蒂埃－布列松的作品在印刷品领域所产生的一切，并首次收录了复制这些摄影作品的出版物 •亨利•卡蒂埃－布列松在最近三十年创作的绘画作品 •亨利•卡蒂埃－布列松对童年和家人的回忆。 亨利•卡蒂埃－布列松，这个在不经意间成为神话的人，到底是什么人？他从不停止工作，在摄影界留下了个人的印迹：严谨的分析，形式与本质的完美结合，如此完美，似乎唯有如此才能描述日常生活或历史长河中的某一事件，才能描绘某一处风景，才能刻画某一个人物的内心世界。他声名显赫，举世公认，无论是在专家、专业人士还是大众眼中都是如此，这是一个不争的事实。 70岁时，亨利•卡蒂埃－布列松想要重新捡起自己最初的爱好，于是不再奔走于世界各地。从年轻时起，绘画和素描就是他最为关注的，自然而然地，他将一种活动与另一种活动相结合。很快，在那些最著名的展览馆，人们看到他的绘画和摄影作品交替出现或者同时出现。就这样，随着岁月的流逝，亨利•卡蒂埃－布列松变得更加复杂，更加丰富，其动机也更加令人难以琢磨，尽管他的立场没有丝毫矛盾之处，他的选择没有任何犹豫不决，不论是在艺术上还是政治上。 为亨利•卡蒂埃－布列松编写一部完整的作品集的想法令人难以抗拒。 因此，《珍藏布列松》一书首次汇集了以前从未被收集在一起的全套资料。 我们希望发挥自己的全部活力，对“亨利•卡蒂埃－布列松，这究竟是什么人？”这个问题做出回答，这样的活力曾经并且仍然伴随着亨利•卡蒂埃－布列松——一个超越传统的人，摄影史上最耀眼的明星之一。

Henri Cartier-Bresson is one of the finest image makers of our time. Born in 1908, he studied painting before embarking on a career in photography in the early 1930s. In 1940 he was captured by the Germans and spent three years in prisoner-of-war camps before escaping to join the Paris underground. With Robert Capa, David Seymour, and others, he founded the photographic agency Magnum in 1947. Since then his work has taken him all over the world—from Europe to India, Burma, Pakistan, China, Japan, Indonesia, Bali, Russia, the Middle East, Cuba, Mexico, the United States, and Canada. This new collection of work by Cartier-Bresson, created on the occasion of his ninety-fifth birthday, provides the ultimate retrospective look at a lifetime's achievement. It includes the first photographs taken by him, some of which have never been published, rarely seen work from all periods of his life, classic photographs that have become icons of the medium, and a generous selection of drawings, paintings, and film stills. The book also features personal souvenirs of Cartier-Bresson's youth, his family, and the founding of Magnum. Cartier-Bresson's extraordinary images are shaped by an eye and a mind legendary for their intelligent empathy and for going to the heart of the matter. This definitive collection of a master photographer's work will be an essential book for anyone interested in photography—indeed, for anyone interested in the people, places, and events of the past century. An exhibition of work by Henri Cartier-Bresson opens in Paris in 2003 and will be seen in the United States in 2004-2005. 630 illustrations in color and duotone.