Henri Cartier-Bresson

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For the world is movement, and you cannot be stationary in your attitude toward something that is moving.

Henri Cartier-Bresson (August 22, 1908 – August 3 2004) was a French photographer. He was commonly considered the undisputed master of candid photography using the small-format 35mm rangefinder camera.

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• For the world is movement, and you cannot be stationary in your attitude toward something that is moving
  • The Mind's Eye
• The simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a second, of the significance of an event as well as the precise organization of forms which gives that event its proper expression... . In photography, the smallest thing can be a great subject. The little human detail can become a leitmotif

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