Famous Photographers - Part 16 (Chapter 4) - Henri Cartier-Bresson
Famous Photographers - Part 16 (Chapter 4) - Henri Cartier-Bresson
This is a continuation of Part 16 (Chapter 1) (Chapter 2) and (Chapter 3), displaying the photos taken in Asia by Henri Cartier-Bresson. It will include among others, photos taken in Russia, China, Japan, Indonesia, Israel, and India. If you have not already viewed Part 16 (Chapter 1), please do so in order to learn about the photographer and see the first 53 of the photos taken in European countries by him. Click this link to go there:
And if you have not seen Part 16 (Chapter 2) comprised of more photos taken in European countries by him. Click this link to go there:
And if you have not seen Part 16 (Chapter 3) comprised of photos taken in the Americas (USA, Canada, Mexico, Cuba) by him, Click this link to go there:
Following below are around 60 photos taken Asian countries by Henri Cartier-Bresson.
1. Eunuch of the Last Chinese Imperial Dynasty, Beijing, 1948
2. School Children, Moscow, USSR, 1954 (Buzz note: Are they being taught to surrender?)
3. Rice Fields in the Minangkabau County, Sumatra, Indonesia, 1950
4. Children Await Rice Distribution, Shanghai, China, 1949
5. Udaipur, Rjastkan, India, 1966
6. Women at the Mahdrum Shah Ziarat Mosque, Sunagar, Kashmir, 1948
7. Jerusalem, Israel, 1967
8. Vieille Homme Cherchant Fils Permi Les Soldats, Chine (Old Man Searches for His Son Among the Soldiers, China)
9. Taiwan, circa 1960
10. Moscow, Russia, 1954
11. Suchow Creek, Shanghai
12. Untitled, India, circa 1966 (Buzz note: The look on that beautiful face haunts me. To me it says "resignation".)
13. Rangoon, Burma, 1948 (Buzz note: In the background is the "Reclining Buddha". I have seen one just like it in a Buddhist Temple in China.)
14. India, 1966
15. Ahmedabad, 1966
16. Pandit Nehru, 1948
17. Peshawar Pashtuns at the Bazaar, 1948
18. Shanghai Under the Communist Siege, 1948
19. Tempel Daioku-ji, 1965
20. Nuclear Power Plant at Trombay, Bombay, 1966
21. India, Gujarat, Ahmedabad, 1966
22. A Money-Changer in Jaipur Market, 1970s - 1980s
23. Jerusalem, 1960
24. Vendor, Israel, 1960
25. Ahmedabad, 1966
26. Street Corner Scene Near the Gion District, Kyoto, Japan
27. Commemoration de la Victoire sur les Nazis, Leningrad, URSS, 1973
28. Nehru et Lord Mountbatten, 1947
29. Kurdish Village of Aligur Near Unfa, Turkey, 1964
30. Gandhi, Birla House, 1948
31. Untitled, China, 1950
32. Moscow, Union Sovetique, 1954
33. Israel, 1967
34. Lahore, Pakistan, 1947
35. Pakistan, 1948
36. Funeral of Gandhi, Delhi, India, 1948 (Buzz note: How could that tree not have broken?)
37. Beijing, China, 1948
38. Beijing, China, 1948
29. China, 1958
40. Georgie, 1950s
41. Yoga in Arunchala Mountains, South India, May 1966
42. China, 1958
43. A Tea House, Peking (Beijing), 1955
44. Hong Kong, 1947
45. Blind Fortune Teller, 1947
46. Georgie, USSR, circa 1970
47. Singapour, 1949
48. Celebration of the Founding of the Chinese Communist Party, Mid-1960s
49. Jaipur, 1966
50. Moscow, 1954
51. Swan Lake, Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow, 1954
52. SOVIET UNION. Moscow. 1954. Canteen for workers building the Hotel Metropol.
53. SOVIET UNION. Leningrad. Peter and Paul's fortress on the Neva river. 1973.
54. CHINA. Shanghai. December 1948-January 1949. H.C-B: "As the value of the paper money sank, the Kuomintang decided to distribute 40 grams of gold per person. With the gold rush, in December, thousands came out and waited in line for hours. The police, equipped with the remnants of the armies of the International Concession, made only a gesture toward maintaining order. Ten people were crushed to death."
55. CHINA. Beijing. December 1948. H.C-B: "Final days of the Kuomintang. A peasant, whose market has closed down and came to Beijing to sell his vegetables, sits to eat his provisions. A shopkeeper resigns to have nothing more to sell in his store."
56. INDIA. Gujarat. Baroda (Vadodara). 1948. H.C-B: "On the 39th birthday of the maharajah of Baroda, sugar-balls are distributed to the poor."
57. INDIA. Punjab. Kurukshetra. H.C-B: "A refugee camp for 300.000 people. Refugees exercising in the camp to drive away lethargy and despair. Autumn 1947."
58. INDIA. Kashmir. Srinagar. 1948. H.C-B: "Muslim women on the slopes of Hari Parbal Hill, praying toward the sun rising behind the Himalayas." (Buzz note: I consider this to be an amazing photo.)
59. INDIA. Gujarat. Ahmedabad. 1966. H.C-B: "Women spreading out their saris before the sun."
60. JAPAN. Tokyo. H.C-B: "A farewell service for the late actor Danjuro held on November 13th 1965 at the Aoyama Funeral Hall (according to Shinto rites). 1965."
This is the last of the Henri Cartier-Bresson photos, and IMO probably the most fascinating. Seeing the ones of China were interesting to me because although I've been to many ancient villages here I've not seen the like.
A photo I wanted to post and accidentally left out of the European ones, was this one taken in Ireland. Because I thought it was a great photo, and I didn't want the few who bother to look at these photo essays to miss it.
The next photo essay will be another collaboration with Kavika. When I saw his article about the photography of Zoe Marieh Urness that few NT members were able to see, I decided to post an article about her unique pictures which, although taken recently because she is a young woman, depict Native American life as it was, the preservation of which should be as much an obligation of mankind as preservation of any great culture. It is worth looking forward to it.
I think that perhaps one of the things that attracted me to this photo, was that some years ago I had also taken a photo of an abandoned boat in the weeds, although the boat I photoed was a paddleboat, and mine is in colour.
Thanks Buzz. Yet another great photo essay.
We really do appreciate all the work you put into these for us.
It only seems like some folk can sleep through anything. (smile)
I appreciate, A.H., that you always let me know you've been there, providing a thumbs up. Surely others look at these articles, but I wish they would understand that it makes it worthwhile for me to keep doing them as long as they do something to let me know they've been there, otherwise, for me, it seems like a lot of effort spent for no purpose.
By the way, I'm curious about why you posted those two photos from the article. Is there a specific reason for having chosen those two?
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Just two from your essay that I thought showed folk sleeping as the world goes on around them.
14. Guy sleeping on the edge of a wall?
15. A child sleeping in a courtyard, under the lion drawn carriage, as her sister wanders around? Or is that just some bedding still left on the cot after the child woke up?
This, IMO, is the best of his photos...
Really great essay.
I think so as well.
LOL, I just realized that what I replied to Kavika appears to be patting myself on the back, but I didn't mean that. I meant that I thought Cartier-Bressons photos in this essay were the best of all 4 chapters of his works.
Thank you Buzz, these are amazing.