Henri Cartier-Bresson
- Henri Bresson
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- Cartier-Bresson, Henri
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- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Date of birth
- 1908-08-22
- Place of birth
- Chanteloup-en-Brie
- Date of death
- 2004-08-03
- Place of death
- Montjustin
Wikipedia
Henri Cartier-Bresson (French: [ɑ̃ʁi kaʁtje bʁɛsɔ̃]; 22 August 1908 – 3 August 2004) 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 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. In the 1970s he largely discontinued his photographic work, instead opting to paint.
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- Henri Cartier-Bresson provided photography for Das Leben der Bilder oder die Kunst des Sehens
- Henri Cartier-Bresson provided photography for Versunkenes Rot
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- 2025-09-16