Tag: henri cartier-bresson
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Street Photography Key: Anticipation
As handed down by street photography forefather Henri Cartier-Bresson, The Decisive Moment is the precise time and place street shooters hope to uncover and capture. The street is a public stage, with passersby as the actors stepping into its sun-lit spotlight. However, for most who walk through it, both as participants and unconscious witnesses, the…
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16 Henri Cartier-Bresson Quotes On Street Photography
Last week, I found the 1973 Henri Cartier-Bresson documentary, “The Decisive Moment.” It features not only many of his most famous photos, but also his commentary as voice over. As a canonized Master of street photography and co-founder of Magnum, of course he could shoot. But, wow, can he talk a good game too! Upon…
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The Decisive Moment: An Henri Cartier-Bresson Documentary
In 1952, the Frenchman Henri Cartier-Bresson — street photography pioneer and perhaps its most influential master — published his book Images à la sauvette. Loosely translated, it means “images on the run.” The book’s English edition title was alternatively chosen as The Decisive Moment, thereby giving street photography its most definitive and well-known catch phrase.…