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
humanity faces world
Human faces are such a world!
photography details world
In photography, the smallest thing can become a big subject, an insignificant human detail can become a leitmotiv. We see and we make seen as a witness to the world around us; the event, in its natural activity, generates an organic rhythm of forms.
world scar brushes
The adventurer in me felt obliged to testify with a quicker instrument than a brush to the scars of the world.
world doe moments
There is nothing in this world that does not have a decisive moment.
attitude moving world
For the world is movement, and you cannot be stationary in your attitude toward something that is moving.
fall pieces world
The world is being created every minute, and the world is falling to pieces every minute
world
It is through living that we discover ourselves, at the same time as we discover the world around us.
cannot deal develop earth memory vanished
We photographers deal in things which are continually vanishing, and when they have vanished there is no contrivance on earth can make them come back again. We cannot develop and print a memory.
photography real responsibility
The intensive use of photographs by mass media lays ever fresh responsibilities upon the photographer. We have to acknowledge the existence of a chasm between the economic needs of our consumer society and the requirements of those who bear witness to this epoch. This affects us all, particularly the younger generations of photographers. We must take greater care than ever not to allow ourselves to be separated from the real world and from humanity.
memories vanishing print
We cannot develop and print a memory.
photography technology important
Pictures, regardless of how they are created and recreated, are intended to be looked at. This brings to the forefront not the technology of imaging, which of course is important, but rather what we might call the eyenology (seeing).
photography organization facts
Photography is simultaneously and instantaneously the recognition of a fact and the rigorous organization of visually perceived forms that express and signify that fact
photography too-late leica
During the work, you have to be sure that you haven't left any holes, that you've captured everything, because afterwards it will be too late.
photography running believe
The only thing which completely was an amazement to me and brought me to photography was the work of Munkacsi. When I saw the photograph of Munkacsi of the black kids running in a wave, I couldn't believe such a thing could be caught with the camera. I said, 'Damn it', I took my camera and went out into the street.