Henri Cartier-Bresson - '' The Decisive Moment'' photographer

Henri Cartier-Bresson  is one of the most influential photographers. Living in Paris most of his life but also traveled the world in search of new work and inspirations. Europe made him bored after a while. After a few years he returned to Paris. His body of work, and influences through out decades reflect on this.

The African continent fascinated him and he mainly focused his work on the locals and big game. Cartier-Bresson describes photography as instant drawing, comparing it to a hunter the shot must be right not letting a shot animal run loose injured and die some place else in pain. One shot one direct hit, every shot must be right. Properly framed in the camera's view finder. His camera was a Leica, which was compact and light weight. Was easy to carry around. His collection the decisive moment express his accuracy and how he could calculate all instances in getting the right shot which was a split second from a second capture. 

He knew artists like Duchamp and Dali who had great influence on his works. Cartier-Bresson lived through the era of surrealism, which was a major movement at the time.  

Link to Henri Cartier-Bresson's Biography 

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

Some of the Decisive moment shots From Henri Cartier-Bresson's Collection

                                                 Self Portrait  - Henri Cartier-Bresson 




August 22, 1908 – August 3, 2004