Henri Cartier-Bresson: here and now

Foreword / by Alain Seban

Foreword / by Kristen van Riel

Foreword / by Alfred Pacquement

Introduction: Henri Cartier-Bresson : here and now

Hard pleasure

Rising signs. Preamble ; In the style of Atget ; Impressions of Africa ; The new vision ; The golden section

The attraction of surrealism. Fixed-explosive ; Veiled-erotic ; Magic-circumstantial ; The salt of distortion ; Daydreamers

In the shadow of the brown house

Political commitment. The face of poverty ; Watching the King go by ; The discovery of free time ; Reporting for the Communist press

Film and war. Working for Jean Renoir ; Filming the war in Spain ; The last days of the Reich ; Le retour

Global realignment

The choice of photo reportage. Gandhi's funeral, 1948 ; Last days of the Kuomintang, 1948 ; Russia after the death of Stalin, 1954 ; Colour, a 'professional necessity', 1950-68 ; Commissioned portraits, 1944-61 ; The 'Six Jours de Paris', 1957 ; Cuba after the Missile Crisis, 1963 ; Vive la France, 1968-70

Visual anthropology. Dancing in the cities ; Man and machine ; Icons of power ; The consumer society ; The crowd phenomenon

Shooting photographs

After photography. A time of contemplation ; Starting to draw again.