
Grieving Indian Women after Partition
A powerful gelatin silver print by Henri Cartier-Bresson capturing the raw emotional devastation of women mourning in the aftermath of the Partition of India. The photograph exemplifies Cartier-Bresson's mastery of the "decisive moment," freezing an expression of collective grief with striking compositional precision and intimacy. The stark contrast of the black-and-white tones deepens the weight of sorrow, bearing witness to one of history's most traumatic episodes of displacement and loss.
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print.
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
🔨 Auction Lot
The Odyssey of Collecting: Photographs from Joy of Giving Something Foundation
October 3, 2017
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