名称: The Last Days of the Kuomintang (market crash), Shanghai/最后岁月（1949年上海）
类别: Gelatin Silver Print/银盐照片
日期: 1949
尺寸: 29x44cm（11x17inch）
馆藏：35mm幻灯片



名称: Peking/北京
日期: 1958
馆藏：35mm幻灯片


卡蒂埃-布列松（Henri Cartier-Bresson, 1908-2004）是20世纪摄影史上最具影响力的大师之一，被誉为“现代新闻摄影之父”和“决定性瞬间”（The Decisive Moment）理论的奠基者。在国际摄影排名中，他与安塞尔·亚当斯（Ansel Adams）、玛格丽特·伯克-怀特（Margaret Bourke-White）、罗伯特·卡帕（Robert Capa）等并列第一梯队，对纪实摄影、街头摄影及视觉叙事产生了深远影响。

1949年，卡蒂埃-布列松受《生活》杂志委托来到中国，记录国民党政权末期及中华人民共和国成立前后的历史转折。他的“中国系列”以敏锐的观察力捕捉社会变革中的普通人物，包括上海金融危机、城市民众生活、解放军进入北平以及新旧时代交替的场景。作品以简洁构图、自然瞬间和深刻人文关怀著称，成为20世纪中国历史影像的重要见证。

其中国摄影作品被全球重要博物馆收藏，包括纽约现代艺术博物馆（MoMA）、芝加哥艺术学院、洛杉矶郡立美术馆（LACMA）、乔治·伊士曼博物馆、蓬皮杜艺术中心（Centre Pompidou）、伦敦维多利亚与阿尔伯特博物馆（V&A）以及瑞士苏黎世摄影博物馆等。这些收藏确立了卡蒂埃-布列松作为现代摄影大师的历史地位，也使其1949年中国系列成为国际摄影史上的经典档案。

Henri Cartier-Bresson: Master Status and the China Series
Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004) was one of the most influential photographers of the 20th century and is widely regarded as the father of modern photojournalism and the pioneer of the concept of the Decisive Moment. Ranked among the first tier of photographic masters alongside Ansel Adams, Margaret Bourke-White, and Robert Capa, he profoundly shaped documentary, street, and visual narrative photography.

In 1949, commissioned by Life magazine, Cartier-Bresson traveled to China to document the historic transition from the final years of the Nationalist government to the founding of the People’s Republic of China. His China series captured financial turmoil in Shanghai, everyday urban life, the arrival of the People’s Liberation Army in Beijing, and the dramatic encounter between an old society and a new era. Through precise compositions, spontaneous moments, and deep humanistic insight, these photographs became important visual records of 20th-century Chinese history.

His photographs are held in major international collections, including the **Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), Art Institute of Chicago, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), George Eastman Museum, Centre Pompidou, Victoria and Albert Museum, and Fotomuseum Winterthur. These collections affirm Cartier-Bresson’s enduring status as a master of modern photography and highlight the historical significance of his 1949 China series. >>返回>>