Foreword / by Alain Seban
Foreword / by Kristen van Riel
Foreword / by Alfred Pacquement
Introduction: Henri Cartier-Bresson : here and now
Hard pleasure
Rising signs. Preamble ; In the style of Atget ; Impressions of Africa ; The new vision ; The golden section
The attraction of surrealism. Fixed-explosive ; Veiled-erotic ; Magic-circumstantial ; The salt of distortion ; Daydreamers
In the shadow of the brown house
Political commitment. The face of poverty ; Watching the King go by ; The discovery of free time ; Reporting for the Communist press
Film and war. Working for Jean Renoir ; Filming the war in Spain ; The last days of the Reich ; Le retour
Global realignment
The choice of photo reportage. Gandhi's funeral, 1948 ; Last days of the Kuomintang, 1948 ; Russia after the death of Stalin, 1954 ; Colour, a 'professional necessity', 1950-68 ; Commissioned portraits, 1944-61 ; The 'Six Jours de Paris', 1957 ; Cuba after the Missile Crisis, 1963 ; Vive la France, 1968-70
Visual anthropology. Dancing in the cities ; Man and machine ; Icons of power ; The consumer society ; The crowd phenomenon
Shooting photographs
After photography. A time of contemplation ; Starting to draw again.