Henri cartier bresson decisive moment

Henri Cartier-Bresson 1960

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Look back on the 20th century through the lens of Henri Cartier-Bresson, and it's all there: the jazz age of the 1920s, colonial Africa, the Spanish civil war,

62 years after it was first published, a new edition of Henri Cartier-Bresson's masterpiece The Decisive Moment is coming

41/365 Do you think a master of photography would be using the rule of thirds? Give me a break! One look at his images and you will see a difference between a rule of thirds image and a designed image. Henri Cartier-Bresson was a master at composition and he incorporated design and geometry into all […] To access this post, you must be log in in as a Master Pass member, or please purchase The Master Pass Membership, The Master Pass Package or The Ultimate Package.

Madrid, Spain, 1953 - by Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908 – 2004), French

"The dance" (with nuns) Museum of Modern Art. 1965 Photo: Henri Cartier-Bresson

Blown out - émoi émoi

Coronation of Henry VI. Trafalgar Square. Henri Cartier Bresson.

Henri Cartier-Bresson. Lisbon. 1954. Gelatin silver print, printed 1980s. 14 3/16 × 9 3/8" (36 × 23.8 cm). Gift of Lee Friedlander. 586.2007. © 2025 Henri Cartier-Bresson/Magnum Photos, courtesy Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson, Paris. Photography

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“Of all the means of expression, photography is the only one that fixes a precise moment in time.” Henri Cartier-Bresson Street photography has become a term that’s almost lost its meaning and impact in the modern age, but the true definition of the genre simply revolves around the idea of candidly capturing life in public […]

Tarascon, France, 1959 - Henri Cartier-Bresson (Black and White Photography) Signed and stamped with photographers blindstamp Silver gelatin print 16 x 20 inches Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004), arguably the most significant photographer of the twentieth-century, was one of the co-founders of Magnum Photos in 1947 and champion of the “decisive moment”. He brought a new aesthetic and practice to photography, initiated modern photojournalism, and influenced countless followers.

Henri Cartier-Bresson. Max Ernst and Dorothea Tanning, Huismes, France. 1955. Gelatin silver print, printed c. 1980. 14 1/8 × 9 3/8" (35.8 × 23.8 cm). Gift of Lee Friedlander. 1984.2008. © 2025 Henri Cartier-Bresson/Magnum Photos, courtesy Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson, Paris. Photography

The ‘‘decisive moment,’’ in the work of Henri Cartier-Bresson and his stylistic followers, is a mysteriously precise collaboration with the world.