Henri Cartier-Bresson
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Henri Cartier-Bressonwas a French humanist photographer considered the master of candid photography, and an early user of 35 mm film. He helped develop street photography, and approvingly cited a notion of the inevitability of a decisive moment, a term adopted as the title for his first major book. His work has influenced many photographers...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionPhotographer
Date of Birth22 August 1908
CountryFrance
inspiring photography second-chance
To me, photography is the simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a second, of the significance of an event.
inspiring photography drawing
Photography is an immediate reaction, drawing is a meditation.
photography book intuition
For me, the camera is a sketch book, an instrument of intuition and spontaneity.
photography way originality
Photography is a way of shouting, of freeing oneself, not of proving or asserting one's own originality. It's a way of life.
photography eye soul
One eye of the photographer looks wide open through the viewfinder, the other, the closed looks into his own soul.
photography details littles
In photography, the smallest thing can be a great subject. The little, human detail can become a Leitmotiv.
photography heart eye
It is an illusion that photos are made with the camera... they are made with the eye, heart and head.