He was a french photographer, he is also mostly known as the godfather of photojournalism born on Aug 22nd 1908, died on Aug 3rd 2004. Henri Cartier-Bresson was a serialist and a stalker of life, he was always in the right place at the right time and he would spend most of his time waiting in areas in order to capture a decisive moment, and to capture an image that would influence and inspire the whole world. Henri Cartier-bresson was also the early adopter of the 35mm format, and the master of candid photography. He had also helped develope "Street Photography" that has influced future generations who had followed in his foot steps.
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The Decisive Moment
The decisive moment is simply "being at the right place at the right time", which means that capturing the moment in mid-air , and before it happening a second later. A classic and a famous example of this is when a guy is jumping over a large puddle, as shown below. If this image has happened a second later then it would not be a decisive moment. So, it is the moment which is in mid-air and before the next second just before it actually happening. For, example we know ourselves that if he captured the image after it happening then it would not be a decisive moment. Every image he captures and takes has a definite meaning to it, or a purpose for the audience to realise and to see. Once Henri Cartier-Bresson had taken this photo he could not capture it after it happening mainly because of the camera where you had to wait 8 minutes in order to caputure an another image, which was back in 1922.
The Leica Camera
The leica camera AG, is a german optics comapany that produces leica cameras. Oskar Barnack's genius idea of creating the smallest format of 35mm camera that created a revolution in photography in 1925. His unique idea which was diminutive, lightweight leica had offered a new, freedom to the whole world in reportage and artistic photography. From that day onwards to today, leica has had influenced millions on our view of the world we live in. And, had also made all of us to re-think photography and had made us change our minds on particular aspects, for example as shown below there is an image that had influenced the world and had made us realise and to see how images being captured at the right time can change our views on many things. Just as Henri Cartier-Bresson, once said " To take a photograph is to align the head, the eye and the heart. It's a way of life." The image just below shows the execution of a prisoner, the mad died really after being shot in the head by south Vietnam police officer Lt. Colonel Nygen Ngoc Loan, Saigon Chief of police. After, this image was seen throughout the years it has definitely changes our minds and views on the South Vietnamese police.
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As a photographer, it is a definitive part of your learning process to understand the decisive moment . "The decisive moment, it is the simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a second, of the significance of an event as well as the precise organisation of forms which gives that events its proper expression." - Henri Cartier-Bresson Off from via Wikipedia. |
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