Each bookstore will be serving as a concierge, recommending "must-read books" to FASHION HEADLINE readers. This time, Shelf (3-7-4 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo), a Harajuku bookstore specializing in foreign books, will introduce its most recommended titles from 2014.

■"The Decisive Moment" by Henri Cartier-Bresson

As the end of the year draws to a close, the big news of the year has arrived! "Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Decisive Moment," the book that coined the term "decisive moment" and is hailed as a masterpiece in the history of photography, has been reissued for the first time in over 60 years.

Henri Cartier-Bresson, who mastered his Leica camera to the point that it was "an extension of his own eye," and who left behind countless outstanding snapshots, has faithfully reproduced the original, which featured a work by Henri Matisse on the cover. The book includes an explanatory booklet and contains his works, taken between 1932 and 1952, in a slipcase.

It is no exaggeration to say that this is the most famous photobook in the history of photography, but it has never been reprinted. Its now being reprinted is the biggest news in the photobook publishing world of 2014.

[Book Information]
"The Decisive Moment"
Author: Henri Cartier-Bresson
Publisher: Steidl
Language: English
Softcover / (Photobook) 160 pages + (Explanatory booklet) 48 pages / 370 x 270 mm
Published: 2014
Price: 18,630 yen