Henri Cartier-Bresson
Plates contributed
The 11 plates attributed to Henri Cartier-Bresson in the 1955 MoMA Master Checklist (Exhibition #569).
| ID | Country | Section | Year | View |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| photo-0028 | France | Marriage and childbirth | — | Clervaux |
| photo-0122 | Indonesia | Work | — | Clervaux |
| photo-0182 | Bali, Indonesia | Work | — | Clervaux |
| photo-0249 | France | Eating and everyday life | — | Clervaux |
| photo-0277 | USA | Relationships and community | — | Clervaux |
| photo-0352 | France | Rededication, peace, and the future | — | Clervaux |
| photo-0357 | Kashmir | Rededication, peace, and the future | — | Clervaux |
| photo-0395 | China | Hardship, suffering, and war | — | Clervaux |
| photo-0427 | Iran | Rededication, peace, and the future | — | Clervaux |
| photo-0466 | Java | Rededication, peace, and the future | — | Clervaux |
| photo-0468 | Spain | Rededication, peace, and the future | — | Clervaux |
Notes
Eleven plates in the catalog (count verified by strict-match grep against data/photographs.csv 2026-05-06): photo-0028 (Marriage, France), photo-0122 (Land, Indonesia), photo-0182 (Woman’s Work, Bali — checklist prints nationality as ‘France’ rather than ‘French’ here), photo-0249 (Food, France), photo-0277 (Relationships, USA), photo-0352, photo-0357, photo-0395, photo-0427, photo-0466, photo-0468. Among the largest single-photographer counts in FoM. All credited via Magnum in the MoMA Master Checklist. Checklist nationality: French. Born 1908; died 2004 (per src-icp-cartier-bresson-archive, in repo, fetched 2026-05-06). The 22 August 1908 / 3 August 2004 day-month tokens and the Chanteloup-en-Brie / Céreste place tokens carry pointer status from src-wikipedia-cartier-bresson-pointer (in repo, fetched 2026-05-06). Co-founded Magnum Photos in 1947 with Robert Capa, David ‘Chim’ Seymour, George Rodger, and William Vandivert (the ICP page names only Capa, Chim, and Rodger; the full five-co-founder roster comes from src-magnum-photographer-bios, fetched 2026-04-24). Author of Images à la Sauvette / The Decisive Moment (1952).
External biography
https://www.magnumphotos.com/photographer/henri-cartier-bresson/
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