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The Decisive Moment
Artist(s): Hanri CARTIER-BRESSON
Date: 19 May - 2 Sep 2012

The retrospective exhibition of Hanri Cartier-Bresson touring the world opens in Korea in May. The exhibition showcases works atop photo esthetics taken though the whole life of the maestro who elevated photos deemed just as recording into art. Especially the exhibition got more attention under the direction of the world best art planner Robert Delpire and became his last and posthumous work exhibition as he died when staying in Berlin, Germany. French President Jacques Chirac paid his respect to him, saying "As a real witness of the time, he took pictures of the 20th century with passion and delivered his unique pan-universal immortal view to make us eternally remember changes of human beings and civilization". The exhibition shows 265 artworks carefully selected from his grandeur photo library as well as 125 invaluable ones regarding his art world. You will have a chance to confirm photo philosophy and artistry of Hanri Cartier-Bresson, photo esthetics maestro of the 20th century, through the nation's biggest exhibition to be held for a tremendous number of viewers.

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