Henri Cartier-Bresson is a French photographer, who is born on the 22 august in 1908. He was a humanist and saw photography as the extension of the eye, but also a memory. He was a street photographer who had a passion for art but went travelling and found a new interest, which was photography, more specifically, street photography.

Why is a camera an extension of the eye?

It supports the idea that you can capture an image and have it as a memory unlike the eye, which can miss certain things a camera doesn’t to keep a new perspective.

What is the physical pleasure in making photographs?

It gives you satisfaction of witnessing the final product of your image, as well as viewing other photos to gain satisfaction. When you see an image you want to take, you gain physical pleasure from being the one to take that image.

How can photography be likened to hunting?

There are similarities to photography and hunting, like going on an adventure to find what you are looking for, and patiently waiting to capture the certain subject because it shouldn’t take many tries.