“Brie” by Henri Cartier-Bresson, June 1968, Brie, France

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This photo, “Brie”, was taken by one of the great photographers of the 20th century - Henri Cartier-Bresson (August 22, 1908 – August 3, 2004), considered to be the father of modern photojournalism.

In an interview with the Washington Post in 1957 he said:

Photography is not like painting.  There is a creative fraction of a second when you are taking a picture. Your eye must see a composition or an expression that life itself offers you, and you must know with intuition when to click the camera. 

Henri Cartier-Bresson’s The Decisive Moment (published in 1952) is considered by many to be the most important photography book of the 20th century.   See Also:  Portraits by Henri Cartier-Bresson at the Washington Post Magazine.

 

henri cb - siphnos, greece                      henri cb - rue mouffetard

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