"One of the greatest of all photo-books"
CARTIER-BRESSON, Henri. Images à la Sauvette. Paris: Verve. 1952.
4to (359 x 270 mm). Original pictorial paper covered boards reproducing an original design by Henri Matisse; pp. 158, including 126 black and white photographs; light browning to the spine, otherwise a fine copy.
First French edition, published at the same time as the US edition (The Decisive Moment) without a dust-jacket and with the captions bound-in.
Images à la Sauvette has been described as "one of the greatest of all photobooks" and is accepted as the most representative book of Cartier-Bresson's work. Its influence on subsequent photographers cannot be overestimated.
PARR, Martin, and Gerry BADGER. The Photobook: A History. Vol I, p. 208.
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