1947: The Photographs of Henri Cartier-Bresson. Text by Lincoln Kirstein, The Museum of Modern Art, New York
1948: Beautiful Jaipur. Text by Max J. Olivier. The Times of India Press, Bombay
1952: The Decisive Moment. Text and photographs by Henri Cartier-Bresson. Cover by Henri Matisse. Simon & Schuster, New York
1954 : Les Danses à Bali. Text by Antonin Artaud, “Le Théâtre balinais,” and commentary by Béryl de Zoete Delpire, Paris. Collection Huit
D’une Chine à l’autre. Text by Jean-Paul Sartre. Delpire Editeur, Paris
1955 : The Europeans. Text and photographs by Henri Cartier-Bresson. Cover by Joan Miró. Simon & Schuster, New York
Moscou, vu par Henri Cartier-Bresson. Foreword by Henri Cartier-Bresson. Delpire Editeur, Paris. Collection Neuf
1956 : China in Transition. Thames and Hudson, London
1963: Photographs by Henri Cartier-Bresson. Text by Henri Cartier-Bresson. Grossman Publisher, New York
1968: The World of HCB. Text by Henri Cartier-Bresson. Viking Press, New York
1969: Man and Machine. IBM World Trade Corporation, New York
1970 : France. Text by François Nourissier. Thames and Hudson, London
1972: The Face of Asia. Introduction by Robert Shaplen. Weatherhill/Orientations, New York
1973: About Russia. Thames and Hudson, London
1976: Henri Cartier-Bresson. Text by Henri Cartier-Bresson. Delpire Editeur, Paris. Collection Aperture/Delpire
1979: Henri Cartier-Bresson Photographer. Text by Yves Bonnefoy. Bulfinch, New York
1982 : Henri Cartier-Bresson. Introduction by Jean Clair. Centre National de la Photographie. Collection Photo Poche
1984 : Paris à vue d’œil. Text by André Pieyre de Mandiargues and Véra Feyder. Paris Audiovisuel et Association des Amis du Musée Carnavalet, Paris
1985: Henri Cartier-Bresson en Inde. Introduction by Satyajit Ray. Text by Yves Véquaud. Centre National de la Photographie, Paris. Collection Photo Copies
Photoportraits. Text by André Pieyre de Mandiargues. Thames and Hudson, London
1987: Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Early Work. Text by Peter Galassi. Museum of Modern Art, New York
Henri Cartier-Bresson in India. Introduction by Satyajit Ray, photographs and notes by Henri Cartier-Bresson, texts by Yves Véquaud. Thames and Hudson, London
1989: L’Autre Chine. Introduction by Robert Guillain. Collection Photo Notes. Centre National de la Photographie, Paris
Line by Line. Henri Cartier-Bresson’s drawings. Introduction by Jean Clair and John Russell. Thames and Hudson, London
1991: America in Passing. Introduction by Gilles Mora. Bulfinch, New York
1994: A propos de Paris. Text by Véra Feyder and André Pieyre de Mandiargues. A Bulfinch Press Book
1995: Mexican Notebooks 1934-1964. Text by Carlos Fuentes. Thames and Hudson, London
L’Art sans art. Text by Jean-Pierre Montier. Editions Flammarion, Paris
1996: L’Imaginaire d’après nature. Text by Henri Cartier-Bresson. Fata Morgana, Paris
1997: Europeans. Text by Jean Clair. Thames and Hudson, London
Henri Cartier-Bresson, dessins 1974-1997. Text by Jean Leymarie. Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris
1998: Tête à tête. Text by Ernst H.Gombrich. Thames & Hudson, London
2001: Landscape Townscape. Text by Erik Orsenna and Gérard Macé. Thames and Hudson, London
2003: The man the image and the world. Text by Philippe Arbaizar, Jean Clair, Claude Cookman, Robert Delpire, Jean Leymarie, Jean-Noel Jeanneney, Serge Toubiana. Thames and Hudson, London 2003
2004: Cartier-Bresson, au crayon. Text by Frédéric Pajak. Buchet/Chastel, Paris. Collection Les Cahiers Dessinés
Posthumous bibliography:
2006 : Portraits par Henri Cartier-Bresson. Le silence intérieur d’une victime consentante. Text by Jean-Luc Nancy and Agnès Sire. Thames & Hudson, Paris
Scrapbook. Text by Michel Frizot and Agnès Sire. Steidl, Göttingen
2008: Le tir photographique. Text by Clément Chéroux. Gallimard, Paris, Collection Découvertes Gallimard
2010: The Modern Century. Text by Peter Galassi. The Museum of Modern Art, New York
2013: Henri Cartier-Bresson. Text by Clément Chéroux. Centre Pompidou, Paris
2019 : Henri Cartier-Bresson, China : 1948-1949 / 1958. Text by Michel Frizot and Ying-Iung Su. Thames & Hudson, Londres.
2020 : Henri Cartier-Bresson – Le Grand Jeu. Text by Wim Wenders, Annie Leibovitz and Sylvie Aubenas. BNF Editions, Marsilio, Palazzo Grassi, Venise.
2021 : Henri Cartier-Bresson, Paris Revisited. Text by Anne de Mondenard and Agnès Sire. Thames & Hudson, London.