Friday, 20 January 2012

Exhibition of photographs by Paul Strand and Henri Cartier-Bresson opens in Paris

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 06:42 PM PST
artwork: From the book called "Paul Strand in Mexico". Initially, Strand was attracted to Pictorialism, a dreamy soft-focus style that both Stieglitz & Steichen had practiced.

PARIS.- Bringing together such different works by two great masters in the history of photography is not self-evident. There are many points of convergence, but their styles are profoundly different. The American’s immobility contrasts with Frenchman’s fluidity. They both traveled to Mexico during the same period and they crossed paths in New York in 1935 when they joined the political filmmakers’ group Nykino (which later became Frontier Films) in order to explore filmmaking at a critical point in their respective careers. The exhibition is on view at the Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson through April 22nd.

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