Cartier-Bresson photographs are a 20th-century 'world diary'
- April 11, 2010 21:59
From portraits of modern artists to scenes of everyday life, "Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Modern Century" includes about 300 powerful photographs, the majority on loan from the Henri Cartier-Bresson Foundation in Paris.
The exhibit, which opened at The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) on Sunday, is the first retrospective of his work since he died in 2004 at age 95.
At least one-fifth of the photographs in the exhibit were previously unknown to the public, according to the museum. Many of his little-known images of the United States are on view.
