Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/05/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes, that IS a lot of money--does anyone know if there's some way one could read the text of the book without having to buy an original copy? The Decisive Moment PDF or something??:) craig That costs a lot of money... Cheers Jayanand On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 9:29 AM, Marty Deveney <benedenia at gmail.com> wrote: > The Simon & Schuster English language edition of "The Decisive Moment" > > http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=<http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=2084257471&searchurl=kn%3Dcartier-bresson%26tn%3Dthe%2Bdecisive%2Bmoment%26x%3D0%26y%3D0> 2084257471 &searchurl=kn%3Dcartier-bresson%26tn%3Dthe%2Bdecisive%2Bmoment%26x%3D0%26y%3D0 > has the same Matisse cover as Images a la Sauvette. The printing in this > version is also excellent, but all versions of this book have awfully > fragile binding. I was distraught when mine fell apart. > > Marty > > On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 1:17 PM, Phil Swango <pswango at att.net> wrote: > > > Lluis wrote: > > I think remember that "Images ? la > > sauvette" is much more hard to find and expensive than the English > > edition "The decisive moment", I think that only the French edition > > has the nice cover by Matisse > > > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/shihlun/431235514/ > > ============================================ > > > > I think that's right, Lluis. The Memphis photographer Wm. Eggleston > showed > > me his copy back in 1968 and I recall the Matisse cover. He was struck > by > > the gravure printing and tried to achieve a similar look in his early b/w > > photos. I tried too, but with less success. ;-) > > > > -- > > Phil Swango > > 307 Aliso Dr SE > > Albuquerque, NM 87108 > > 505-262-4085 > >