Henri Cartier-Bresson Special LA Photo Exhibit

Written by Marcus Scales Sunday, 27 March 2011 23:31

LOS ANGELES, CA.- The 16th Annual Los Angeles Art Show, taking place January 19-23 at the Los Angeles Convention Center will debut a special exhibit of never before seen works by master photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson. Titled “Rarely / Unseen” the exhibit is curated by Peter Fetterman, owner of Peter Fetterman Gallery and will feature more than 35 photographs that have never been printed before. Fetterman, a former colleague of Cartier-Bresson, encouraged the artist to print a selection of unreleased images including photographs of Queen Charlotte’s Ball and the Bolshoi Ballet. This private collection of less familiar gems, amassed over a twenty-year period, will be on display for the first time throughout the duration of the Los Angeles Art Show. A 2006 documentary based on Cartier-Bresson titled “The Impassioned Eye” will run in conjunction with the exhibit.

Henri Cartier-Bresson (France, August 22, 1908 – August 3, 2004) is known as the father of modern photojournalism and considered a master of candid photography. Cartier-Bresson famously captured pivotal moments of the 20th century including: the coronation of King George VI; the funeral of Mahatma Gandhi; the end of the Chinese Civil War and rise of Mao and the People’s Republic of China. Cartier-Bresson spent more than three decades on assignment for Life Magazine and other journals. Henri Cartier-Bresson was a French photographer who was an early adopter of 35 mm format, and the master of candid photography. He helped develop the "street photography" or "real life reportage" style that has influenced many generations of photographers who followed.

Cartier-Bresson traveled to the United States in 1935 with an invitation to exhibit his work at New York's Julien Levy Gallery. He shared display space with fellow photographers Walker Evans and Manuel Alvarez Bravo. Carmel Snow of Harper's Bazaar, gave him a fashion assignment, but he fared poorly since he had no idea how to direct or interact with the models. Nevertheless, Snow was the first American editor to publish Cartier-Bresson's photographs in a magazine. While in New York, he met photographer Paul Strand, who did camerawork for the Depression-era documentary "The Plow That Broke the Plains".


Additional works by Henri Cartier-Bresson can be seen at Peter Fetterman Gallery in Santa Monica’s Bergamont Station through January 8, 2011.

Website : http://www.peterfetterman.com/

The Los Angeles Art Show continues to be the most important art fair on the West Coast, a must see for both the art connoisseur and the arts-curious. With more than 10,000 significant paintings, sculptures, photographs, drawings, and prints on exhibit and available for purchase, the Los Angeles Art Show brings together the West Coast art community in an internationally attended five-day celebration of the arts.

Visitors to Los Angeles Art Show will be able to view art on their mobile devices like never before with the Los Angeles Art Show iPhone app. To download this app for FREE, visit iTunes and type in Collectrium or visit www.collectrium.com/iphone

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