| Gunter G. Haugwitz (1930-2013) Henri Cartier-Bresson photographing at the open pit mine (Inden), Germany 1967 (taken) Gelatin silver print 37.5 x 25.4 cm (image) Bassenge Photography Auctions Auction, 8 June 2022, Photography from the 19th – 21st centuries, Lot: 4112 LL/120228 In 1967 Henri Cartier Bresson photographed at the German open pit mine near Inden for the book Mensch und Maschine, a project initiated by IBM World Trade Corporation (published 1969). At the time the IBM public relations employee, Gunter G. Haugwitz, was assigned to accompany Cartier-Bresson on his trips around the Rhine area. He managed to capture the otherwise camera-shy Cartier-Bresson while working, taking a picture of an individual worker in front of a massive crane and giant soil heap.
Lit.: IBM (ed.). Mensch und Maschine. Photographien von Henri Cartier-Bresson. New York 1969, see pp. 46-47.
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