Henri Cartier-Bresson was a French photographer considered as the father of photojournalism. It consists in telling a story related to recent events through pictures that replicate the reality in an objective way.
I think that this quote of Cartier-Bresson tells as much as any boring and academic definition:
"The photograph itself doesn't interest me. I want only to capture a minute part of reality."
"The photograph itself doesn't interest me. I want only to capture a minute part of reality."
If you want to know more about him, Wikipedia is your best friend. I'm not going to copy-paste his whole biography here because there is no point. If you want to know more about him, you don't need me!
So let's have a look at what really matters : pictures!
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| This is one of the pictures that enabled him to achieve international recognition. It represents Nehru annoug gandhi's death to the crowd in 1948. |
Don't you fill a bit dizzy watching these 2 pictures? I do. And they really make me think of some of Kertész's pictures, for example the one of Montmartre that I published in my last article.
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| This one too has similarities with Kertész's work I think. Who's the master? I think it's Cartier-Bresson. |
I hope you enjoyed this pictures as much as I do!
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