Man and Machine by Cartier-Bresson, Henri - 1971

New York: The Viking Press, 1971. First edition and first printing. Oblong hardcover. A collection of 90 black and white photographs commissioned by IBM "on man's continuing dialogue with machines." A clean near fine copy in cloth boards and in a fair dust jacket with a large chunk missing from the the bottom front corner and other chips and tears as well.

New York: Viking Press, 1971. Hardcover. G/Poor, dj has tears at all edges. Covers lightly bumped. Pages are clean and tight.. Glossy illustrated dj; grey cloth covers. 116 pages (chiefly illustrations). With man, as with matter, chance and randomness may actually be the most representative forms of reality. The accident of human expression, the passing look of curiosity, of boredom, discovery, frustration, enthusiasm, faith, or happiness--such unique moments can be caught by that modern instrument, the camera, but only when mastered by an artist who has overcome its physical limitations and freed himself from its material constraints. This is Man and Machine: the mastery by man of his own electronic and mechanical creations. By his personal example of human control over a technical tool, and through his profound artistry, world-famous photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson reveals to us in this new book the interdependence of subject and object. His photographs are complemented by brief quotations from… Read More

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Londra: Thames and Hudson, , 1972. Rilegato tela, sovracoperta (cloth, dust jacket). Molto buono (Very Good). Design e testo introduttivo a cura di Bruce MacKenzie e Robert Delpire. 96 fotografie in bianco e nero di Henri Cartier Bresson commissionate dalla IBM World Trade Corporation, New York 1969. 8vo (cm 27x31). pp. 116. Molto buono (Very Good). Sovracoperta sciupata ai margini con strappetti e mancanze (Some chipping and nicks around top and bottom of dust jacket). . "This series of photographs is in its quiet way a partial portrait of mankind - in our close and often subconscious dialogue with technological change. It is personalized mirror of our times, and of an especially significant new relationship: not that of man to nature, or of man to man - the traditional links between the individual and his enviroment - but that of man to machine"."Questa serie di fotografie, in modo silenzioso, un ritratto parziale dell'umanità - nel nostro dialogo stretto e spesso inconscio con il… Read More