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Historical Context #3 | Henri Cartier-Bresson

Saturday, 28 February 2015


Henri Cartier-Bresson (August 22, 1908 – August 3, 2004) was a French photographer considered to be the father of photojournalism. He was the master of candid photography and an early user of 35 mm film. He helped develop the street photography or life reportage style, and coined the term, The Decisive Moment, that has inspired generations of photographers ever since.

"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 give that event its proper expression." - Henri Cartier-Bresson

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Cartier-Bresson (Date Accessed 28/02/15)

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