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Henri Cartier-Bresson
Henri Cartier-Bresson was a French humanist photographer, and also an artist. He was considered a master of candid photography, and was an early user of 35mm film. He pioneered the genre of street photography, and viewed photography as capturing what he named the decisive moment.
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Henri Cartier-Bresson and the Myth of the Decisive Moment
Cartier-Bresson’s photographs do more than stop time. They use geometry to make chance look inevitable, even as history and uncertainty remain outside the frame.
