Henri Cartier-Bresson, born on 22 August 1908 and died on 3 August 2004, was a French humanist photographer and 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 capturing what he named the decisive moment as the essence of the very best pictures. Cartier-Bresson was one of the founding members of Magnum Photos in 1947, and in the 1970s he largely discontinued his photographic work, instead opting to paint.
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Grand Prix National de la Photographie (1981) Hasselblad Award (1982)
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Henri Cartier-Bresson (French: [ɑ̃ʁi kaʁtje bʁɛsɔ̃]; 22 August 1908-3 August 2004) was a French humanist photographer and artist.
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Henri Cartier-Bresson (French: [ɑ̃ʁi kaʁtje bʁɛsɔ̃]; 22 August 1908-3 August 2004) was a French humanist photographer and artist.
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Behind the Gare Saint-Lazare is a black and white photograph taken by French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson in Paris in 1932.
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