Nomadic Atmosphere

Nomadic Atmosphere

Photograph

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Maker
French, 1908–2004

Nomadic Atmosphere

Mongolia: Recognition at Last?


1959
Gelatin silver print, printed 1961
Image: 6 1/16 × 9 5/16 in. (15.4 × 23.6 cm)
Paper: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Gift of Time-Life Books
1968.0184.0022
Inscriptions Typed in black ink on applied label on verso, C: (Mongolia) 7/61 14) NOMADIC ATMOSPHERE of the ancient caravans is still \ visible in Ulan Bator despite money poured in by the Soviet \ Union and China to modernize this border country. In the back- \ ground, the entrance to the capital's stadium where the national \ games are held annually at this time. \ Credit: CARTIER-BRESSON © 1961 MAGNUM PHOTOS

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