Decisive Moments

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A Spanish collector's selection of photography's most iconic moments

This homage to Cartier-Bresson's famous dictum collects some of the most important images by some of the best photographers of the 20th century. Featured here are Man Ray's Surrealist portraits of women; Berenice Abbot's images of a modernizing New York; and Alberto Korda's iconic portrait of Che Guevara. Presenting the work of 58 photographers from the collection of Julián Castilla, this essential volume of 20th-century photography is accompanied by essays from Spain's leading authors on photography, exploring the evolution of the medium.
Photographers include: Berenice Abbott, José Manuel Ballester, Robert Capa, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Francesc Català-Roca, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Robert Doisneau, Elliott Erwitt, Philippe Halsman, Horst P. Horst, André Kertész, William Klein, Alberto Korda, Chema Madoz, Vivian Maier, Ramón Masats, Nicolás Muller, Man Ray, Carlos Saura, Alfred Stieglitz, Juan Ugalde and more.