Who is Henri Cartier-Bresson?

Henri Cartier-Bresson was a french humanist and candid photographer, Henri was also a user of 35  mm film when taking his photographs. Henri developed the genre of street photography and viewed photography as capturing a devise moment. Henri is told to be one of the most original, accomplished, influential, and beloved figures in the history of photography.

These images can be found on the website below.

http://pro.magnumphotos.com/C.aspx?VP3=CMS3&VF=MAGO31_10_VForm&ERID=24KL53ZMYN 

Image analysis

This is a black and white candid photography of a man sleeping. This photography heavily falls under the rule of thirds as the man is one of the 4 intersecting lines on the bottom right of the image, this is supported by the fact we are attracted straight to the man as it is the first thing we focus on when looking at this image. This is a very dark image but there is also a strong contrast between the mans dark clothes and the whites on his clothes allowing the man to stand out more in the image. The lighting is soft and dim as there the picture is still very dark but the one side of his face that we are able to see is lit up meaning that there is a source of dim lighting within this image. I really like this image as this image creates a story for the viewer as to what life was like back in the 1930s.