Cartier-Bresson began shooting in Eu rope in 1930 and went round the world with his Leica, testifying to the tragic, the farcical, and the tender in human existence. These handsome duotone photographs give us one splendid as pect of the power of his lens. The 255 images, mostly full-page, show the fam ous and the anonymous. Perceptive rather than pretty, the portaits seek not to flatter but to catch the humanity of the subjects, many of them French. These include writers, painters, scien tists, musicians, politicians, actors, di rectors, and men, women, and children caught on the street corner, in a parade, at work, or at play or table, in bed or bar. A fine sampling of what to Cartier- Bresson is not simply a craft but a calling.