Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Henri Cartier-Bresson, and Walker Evans: Documentary and Anti-Graphic Photographs - Hardcover

Agnès Sire; Daniel Girardin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3865210724 ISBN 13: 9783865210722

Publisher: Steidl, 2005

Synopsis

Julien Levy was one of the most influential collectors of the 20th century. His gallery, which opened in 1931 in New York, played an essential role in avant-garde cultural exchanges between France and the United States of America, and especially, it was the first in the United States to promote Surrealism.
Gathered together again for the first time since, these period prints represent an exceptional set of essential and sometimes unknown images. This historical exhibition assembles the original early works of three masters of photography.

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Synopsis:

The importance of Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Henri Cartier-Bresson and Walker Evans appears so clear today, so indisputable, that one hesitates to draw attention to it for fear of stating the obvious. Yet in 1935, when the New Yorker Julien Levy, one of the most influential collectors of the 20th century, conceived the exhibition Documentary and Anti-Graphic Photographs by Cartier-Bresson, Walker Evans & Alvarez Bravo, no one could imagine the eminent place the trio would occupy in the avant-garde of their time, nor the immense influence the photographers would have on future generations. Gathered together here again for the first time since 1935, these period prints represent an exceptional set of essential and sometimes unknown images. This selection of early works of three masters of photography places us face to face with the history of the medium in the making.

About this edition

• Publisher: Steidl
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 3865210724
• ISBN 13: 9783865210722
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 192