Gunter G. Haugwitz (1930-2013)
1967 (taken)
Henri Cartier-Bresson photographing at the open pit mine (Inden), Germany

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
 
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.
 
LL/120228