Henri Cartier-Bresson was born on August 22 1908 and died on August 3rd 2004. He was a French photographer and was considered to be the 'father' of modern photojournalism. He helped develop 'Street photography' style that has inspired generations of photographers who have also followed in his footsteps.
Unlike other photographers he used a Leica 35mm range finder equipped with normal 50mm lenses for he occasionally used a wide-angle for landscape pictures. Henri used to wrap black tape around his camera's body to make it less obvious, as he used to take real life photography with real people that wasn't staged, because of this he never took photos with a flash as he saw it as 'impolite...like coming to a concert with a pistol in your hand'. Another reason for this was so that his camera didn't get stolen as Leica camera's are expensive.
He worked mostly in black and white.
He disliked developing or making his own prints.
'I've never been interested in the process of photography, never, never'
On the banks of Marne, 1938. 11x14.
I really like this picture because it's so natural. It's simply 4 people having a picnic. Something else very diverse about this picture is the woman, she is wearing something that would have been seen as something very risky in the 1930's.
Rue mouffetard, 1954, 16x20.
This picture is probably my favouritre of all Henri's work because you really can tell this is just a natural photo and the little boy wasn't staged or told to stand in a certain position.
Hyeres, 1932, 16x20
The rule of thirds is used well in this photo. Even though the cyclist is blurred because of the movement it still works well.
SOURCES:
http://www.biography.com/people/henri-cartier-bresson-9240139
http://erickimphotography.com/blog/2013/08/07/what-is-street-photography-2/
http://www.afterimagegallery.com/bresson.htm
Unlike other photographers he used a Leica 35mm range finder equipped with normal 50mm lenses for he occasionally used a wide-angle for landscape pictures. Henri used to wrap black tape around his camera's body to make it less obvious, as he used to take real life photography with real people that wasn't staged, because of this he never took photos with a flash as he saw it as 'impolite...like coming to a concert with a pistol in your hand'. Another reason for this was so that his camera didn't get stolen as Leica camera's are expensive.
He worked mostly in black and white.
He disliked developing or making his own prints.
'I've never been interested in the process of photography, never, never'
On the banks of Marne, 1938. 11x14.
I really like this picture because it's so natural. It's simply 4 people having a picnic. Something else very diverse about this picture is the woman, she is wearing something that would have been seen as something very risky in the 1930's.
Rue mouffetard, 1954, 16x20.
This picture is probably my favouritre of all Henri's work because you really can tell this is just a natural photo and the little boy wasn't staged or told to stand in a certain position.
The rule of thirds is used well in this photo. Even though the cyclist is blurred because of the movement it still works well.
SOURCES:
http://www.biography.com/people/henri-cartier-bresson-9240139
http://erickimphotography.com/blog/2013/08/07/what-is-street-photography-2/
http://www.afterimagegallery.com/bresson.htm
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