Henri Cartier-Bresson is exhibiting at the Carnavalet Museum with "Revoir Paris"
For its reopening, the Musée Carnavalet - Histoire de Paris offers a crossed look at Paris: two parallel exhibitions of the photos of Eugène Atget and those of his colleague, Henri Cartier-Bresson. Here is an exhibition which should delight lovers of the city and other historians. From June 15 to October 31, 2021, the Carnavalet museum exhibits the photos of Eugène Atget and Henri Cartier-Bresson, two great photographers of the 4th century. The latter captured the lives of Parisians during the great moments of history but also the small details and other daily worries. Before him, Eugène Atget immortalized every street in Paris, thus producing precise and very practical documentation for the artists of his time. Between them, they took a new look at the French capital. For these two exhibitions presented in smilutane, the Carnavalet museum highlights original photographs by Eugène Atget and Henri Cartier-Bresson, from its own collections. However, a few pieces are on loan from the Henri Cartier-Bresson Foundation In addition to this fascinating double exhibition, you can also admire the 000 works of art (paintings, photographs, sculptures, furniture, etc.) permanently exhibited in ...