Artist Bio: Henri Cartier Bresson

Henri Cartier Bresson

IN PICTURES: Henri Cartier-Bresson

Bresson's black-and-white world

"It's in living that we discover ourselves, at the same time as we discover the outside world," Cartier-Bresson wrote in his groundbreaking work published in English as "The Decisive Moment" (1952). Photography was his means to launch internal and external voyages of discovery, like some Marco Polo of the mind. The book's French title, "Images à la Sauvette," implies pictures taken on the sly, slices of life and light that illuminate hidden realms."

As a class students watched and took notes on a documentary about the Iconic American photographer, Henri Cartier Bresson. This is the precursor to a series of projects related to Ansel Adams photography.

Henri Cartier-Bresson (French: [kaʁtje bʁɛsɔ̃]; August 22, 1908 – August 3, 2004) was a French humanist photographer considered a master of candid photography, and an early user of 35 mm film. He pioneered the genre of street photography, and viewed photography as capturing a decisive moment[1]. His work has influenced many photographers[2] and he has been said to be the father of photojournalism[3][4] as well as the founder of modern photography[5]. - wikipedia