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02/21/2014 09:37:06 AM · #1 |
| This looks to be a very interesting and wide ranging exhibition. Wish i could get along to it. Looking at Cartier-Bresson's images through a surrealist lens is fascinating and certainly reveals a different aspect to them. The article is a bit fuzzy on his politics though. I don't think his personal ideals are much of a revelation and i think he regarded himself more as a life long anarchist rather than a communist. Also, the writers idea that it is a long leap between surrealism and communism is a bit odd as the connections are well documented. Still, interesting stuff and definitely worth a visit if you are in Paris. |
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02/21/2014 10:49:18 AM · #2 |
| Very interesting article... Thanks for posting it up. |
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02/21/2014 12:24:49 PM · #3 |
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02/21/2014 01:14:53 PM · #4 |
| A good read. Thanks for posting the link. |
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02/21/2014 02:16:58 PM · #5 |
Thanks Clive. I read it three times and I'm pretty sure that article doesn't really say anything at all. The author doesn't establish much of a case for the surrealist and leftist influences cited in the essay's title and introduction. He (or she) may as well have said simply that Cartier-Bresson was a product of his time and place. Nothing very surprising about that. Most people are.
I went to a major HCB exhibition, nearly 300 photographs. His couple of dozen classic hits were pretty wonderful, but his also-rans - his lesser known stuff - not especially sparkling. He certainly redefined photography, and to a rare extent, but his influence was even more in how he took photographs than it was in the actual images. |
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02/21/2014 02:23:43 PM · #6 |
| Yea, the article is a bit of a puff piece really but the exhibition looks great. I wont get to go to it but i'll be getting the book i think. Hopefully that will explore the surrealism influences a bit more in depth. |
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02/21/2014 03:37:52 PM · #7 |
| Cartier-Bresson – communist?! I think he was an individualist to the core and a recluse, both antitheses of communism |
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02/21/2014 03:56:57 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by LevT:
Cartier-Bresson – communist?! I think he was an individualist to the core and a recluse, both antitheses of communism |
I think the Guardian gets a bit muddled with more radical modes of politics. Or perhaps it's the exhibition that makes the claim. Or maybe Bresson was keen on anarcho-communism. He was certainly an anarchist.
“I’m an anarchist, yes, because I live my life. Life is a provocationâ€Â¦. I’m against people in power and what that imposes upon them. Anglo-Saxons have to learn what anarchism is. For them, it’s violence. A cat knows what anarchy is. Ask a cat. A cat understands. They’re against discipline and authority. A dog is trained to obey. Cats can’t be. Cats bring on chaos.”
-Henri Cartier-Bresson
Message edited by author 2014-02-21 16:01:45. |
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