Henri Cartier-Bresson

Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004)

His philosophy: “”To me, photography is the simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a second, of the significance of an event as well as of a precise organization of forms which gave that event its proper expression.”

 

Henri Cartier-Bresson, Hyères, France, 1932, Gelatin Silver Print 20 x 29.5 cm

Henri Cartier-Bresson, Natcho Aguirre, Santa Clara, Mexique, 1934, Gelatin Silver Print 16.8 x 24.9 cm

Henri Cartier-Bresson, Bali, Indonesia, 1950, Gelatin Silver Print 23.0 x 34.5 cm

Henri Cartier-Bresson, Bruxelles, Belgique, 1932, Gelatin Silver Print 20 x 29.6 cm

Henri Cartier-Bresson, In the Last Days of the Kuomintang, Peking, 1949, printed ca. 1972, Gelatin Silver Print 

Henri Cartier-Bresson, Yumen, 1958, printed ca. 1972, Gelatin Silver Print 

Henri Cartier-Bresson, Peking, 1957, printed ca. 1972, Gelatin Silver Print 

Henri Cartier-Bresson, Martigues, France, 1932, Gelatin Silver Print 29.0 x 19.5 cm

Henri Cartier-Bresson, Madrid, 1933, Gelatin Silver Print 

Henri Cartier-Bresson, Steel Mill, Anshan, Manchuria, 1958, printed ca. 1972, Gelatin Silver Print 

 

References:

• https://www.metmuseum.org/
• https://www.moma.org/ 
• https://www.magnumphotos.com/photographer/henri-cartier-bresson/ 
• https://www.icp.org/browse/archive/constituents/henri-cartier-bresson?all/all/all/all/0
• https://www.britannica.com/biography/Henri-Cartier-Bresson 

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