Henri Cartier-Bresson Quotes

Quote of the Day Fresh quotes Topics Authors I'm Feeling Lucky Disable ads! 15 quotes by Henri Cartier-Bresson Henri Cartier-Bresson Born (1908-08-22)August 22, 1908 Chanteloup-en-Brie, France Died August 3, 2004(2004-08-03) (aged 95) Montjustin, France Alma mater Lycée Condorcet, Paris Occupation Photographer and Painter Spouse(s) Ratna Mohini (m. 1937; div. 1967) Martine Franck (m. 1970) Children Mélanie Awards Grand Prix National de la Photographie in 1981 Hasselblad Award in 1982 Henri Cartier-Bresson... Read full biography of Henri Cartier-Bresson → 1 2 Ctrl → Photography is an immediate reaction, drawing is a meditation. 0 To photograph is to hold one's breath, when all faculties converge to capture fleeting reality. It's at that precise moment that mastering an... → 0 The creative act lasts but a brief moment, a lightning instant of give-and-take, just long enough for you to level the camera and to trap the... → 0 To me, photography is the simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a second, of the significance of an event. 0 To take photographs means to recognize - simultaneously and within a fraction of a second - both the fact itself and the rigorous organization of... → 0 The photograph itself doesn't interest me. I want only to capture a minute part of reality. 0 In photography, the smallest thing can be a great subject. The little, human detail can become a Leitmotiv. 0 Memory is very important, the memory of each photo taken, flowing at the same speed as the event. During the work, you have to be sure that you... → 0 The most difficult thing for me is a portrait. You have to try and put your camera between the skin of a person and his shirt. 0 Actually, I'm not all that interested in the subject of photography. Once the picture is in the box, I'm not all that interested in what... → 0 Above all, I craved to seize the whole essence, in the confines of one single photograph, of some situation that was in the process of unrolling... → 0 Think about the photo before and after, never during. The secret is to take your time. You mustn't go too fast. The subject must forget about... → 0 We photographers deal in things which are continually vanishing, and when they have vanished there is no contrivance on earth can make them come back... → 0 1 2 Ctrl → Add a quote!


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15 quotes by Henri Cartier-Bresson