Henri Cartier-Bresson and Bruce Gilden:

Bruce Gilden (born 1946) is an American street photographer. He is best known for his candid close-up photographs of people on the streets of New York City, using a flashgun. He has had numerous books of his work published, has received the European Publishers Award for Photography and is a Guggenheim Fellow.

Some of Bruce Gilden’s work:

Gilden’s work is very different from the work of as it is more up close and intimate. Cartier-Bresson photographed subjects from further away and incorporated elements of the setting and other objects in his images to create a composition with a strong sense of communication between the subject and the rest of the image while Gilden’s work is largely composed of close up images of individuals or groups of people, focusing more on the obscurity of the subject themselves as opposed to the surrounding and how it intertwines with the scene.

Henri Cartier-Bresson and Vivian Maier:

Vivian Maier (born in February 1, 1926 – April 21, 2009) was an American amateur street photographer, who was born in New York City, but grew up in France. … Fondly remembering Maier as a second mother, they pooled together to pay for an apartment and took the best of care for her.

Some of Vivian Maier’s work:

Vivian Maier’s work is similar to that of Cartier-Bresson as it is composed of a subject in a specific setting. However Maier’s work is based more on the subject, incorporating the setting to a lesser extant that the images produced by Cartier-Bresson. One thing that is strikingly different between the work of the two photographers is that Cartier-Bresson predominantly used unaware subjects in his work whereas Maier tends to have people looking at or atleast aware of the lens. This creates a different sort of intimacy between the photographer and the subject.

Henri Cartier-Bresson and Trent Parke:

Trent Parke (born in 1971) was raised in Newcastle, New South Wales. Using his mother’s Pentax Spotmatic and the family laundry as a darkroom, he began taking pictures when he was around 12 years old. Today, Parke, the only Australian photographer to be represented by Magnum, works primarily as a street photographer.

Some of Trent Parke’s work:

One difference between the work of Cartier-Bresson and Parke is that Parke’s photographs tend to be darker, both visually and conceptually with the images having a more stark contrast as well as a darker message behind them. Parke’s work reflects dream-like compositions with the photographer including edited or partially blurry background/blurry image through editing or changing shutter speed. While Cartier-Bresson’s work is largely joyful and full of eye catching scenarios involving every day people instead of a mysterious or enigmatic feel.