“To take a photograph is to align the head, the eye and the heart. It’s a way of life”
Examples of some of his work in “The Decisive Moment” ^
Henri Cartier – Bresson was born in Saturday August 22, 1908, in Chanteloup, France. Here the French photographer helped to establish photojournalism as an art form. After three years he had spent travelling in the East, in 1952, he returned to Europe, to create his book. He tried to capture the meaning behind peoples outwards appearances, which can be clearly found in his book ” Images à la sauvette (1952; The Decisive Moment)”.
One of Bresson’s images in the Magnum Photo Agency is this one called “America In Passing”, this photo was taken in Boston, USA in 1947.
He has now got over 40 years of experience which allowed him to to travel so an immense amount of places around the world. Here he would often immerse himself in this environment so that he could explicitly express a desire to move slowly, to “live on proper terms” in each country.
Awards that he won over the years:
1986 Novecento Premio
1981 Grand Prix National de la Photographie
1975 Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photographie
1975 Culture Prize
1964 Overseas Press Club of America Award
1960 Overseas Press Club of America Award
1959 Prix de la Société Française de Photographie
1954 Overseas Press Club of America Award
1953 A.S.M.P. Award
1948 Overseas Press Club of America Award
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Henri-Cartier-Bresson
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