Henri Cartier-Bresson
(1908-2004)
Considered the father of photojournalism and candid photography, Cartier-Bresson was a famous French photographer in the 20th century. He began studying music, then oil painting, and eventually photography. His technique and subject matter were rather unique, and even revolutionary for his time. One of the first to embrace 35 mm film, he used the Leica 35 mm rangefinder camera, with an attached 50 mm lens, exclusively, and never shot with a flash. Bresson also believed in composing the photograph at the moment of capture, rather than in the darkroom, as evidenced by his classic "street photography" style. During WWII, he was put in a prisoner-of-war camp, and upon hi release, he released a film on returning war refugees, a work which prompted MoMA to exhibit his work. Below are some of Cartier-Bresson's better-known portraits and street photos.
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