POST 3: Henri Cartier-Bresson

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Cartier-Bresson

Henri Cartier-Bresson was born in 1908 and recently died in in 2004.
He was a French photographer who was known for being the father of modern
photojournalism. He was an early adopter of the 35mm format and was a master
of candid photography. He influenced a generation with his "street photography" style.
In the early years he was trained to be a painter but started his career in photography in 1931 on a trip to the Ivory coast. He was one of the first photographers to use a Leica camera in a 35mm format.

Henri never used flash because he saw it as "impolite…like coming to a concert with a pistol in your hand." He also believed in composing his photographers in the viewfinder not in the dark room. In most his photography's he had them full screen, free of cropping.

http://www.afterimagegallery.com/bressonmouffetard.htm

Rue Mouffetard, 1954

Black & white silver gelatin in 11" x 14" and 16" x 20" sizes (30 x 40 cm and 40 x 50 cm)

This photography shows a young boy holding two large bottles of wine. The story I see behind photo is that a young boy was sent by his parents to collect some wine from the shop. the photo was taken at the perfect moment because the face the young boy is pulling just just makes the photo that much better.

http://www.agallery.com/pages/photographers/cartier-bresson.html

Behind the Gare St.-Lazare, Paris, Vintage, with Hand-Written Letter au recto the photograph

Gelatin silver print, printed 1950s

13 7/8 x 9 1/2" (35.2 x 24.1 cm)

http://www.moma.org/collection/object.php?object_id=98333

This photo by Henri shows a man just about to jump into a puddle. This photo was well know because it captures the man millimetres away from creating a large splash in the water. The rule of thirds is used because Henri has put the man to left.

http://www.agallery.com/aspx/inventory.aspx?ItemID=HCB-11821&photographer=&search=henri&sort=

Seville, Spain (Laughing Kids, Ruins)

Medium	Silver Gelatin
Negative Date	1933
Print Date	1996
Image Size	11 3/4 x 17 1/2
Paper Size	16 x 20

This photo shows a group of kids playing on rubble through a large hole in the wall. This is shown to be a happy place even though there is destruction all around them.

http://youtu.be/VR7JPiLyDGk