HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON – PARIS
2016-03-14Henri Cartier-Bresson: PARIS features 83 images captured between 1929 and 1985, many of which are being shown in the UK for the first time, providing an extraordinary insight into the streets of the city and the lives of its people. Opening concurrently with Alberto Giacometti: A Line through Time on the 23 April 2016, the two exhibitions complement one another and explore the rich artistic legacy of the era, bringing together two of the greatest artists of the twentieth century. Cartier-Bresson acknowledged Giacometti to be his favourite artist, and included in the exhibition will be his iconic portrait of Giacometti alone on a rain-drenched Paris street.
Known predominantly as a photographer of the street, Henri Cartier-Bresson’s images capture the dynamism of contemporary life and this exhibition explores one of his most enduring subjects – Paris. Exquisite black and white images record the people, places and activity of the city finding the unusual, the humorous, the poignant and the often marvellous in the ordinary and everyday.
Opposite – Flea Market on the boulevard Richard Lenoir, 1952
Exhibition runs through till August 29th, 2016
Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts
University of East Anglia
Norwich
Norfolk
NR4 7TJ
