Henri Cartier-Bresson research

Henri Cartier-Bresson


Henri Cartier-Bresson was widely considered one of the leading artistic forces in the 20th century, Henri Cartier-Bresson was born in 1908 in Chanteloup, France. He began a 2 year stint studying painting under noted early cubist, Andre Lhote, where he then moved to Cambridge university to immerse himself further in art and Literature courses.
 He went to Africa to hunt boar but didn't enjoy to eat what he tracked down so he later gave it up, but Africa did fuel another interest in him: Photography, he experimented with a simple brownie he'd received as a gift, taking pictures of the new world around him, Cartier-Bresson there were direct parallels between his old passion and new one. Later Cartier-Bresson preferred taking shots rather than making prints and showing his work upon returning to France later that year, Cartier-Bresson purchased a 35mm camera whose simple style and stunning results would help define the photographer's work. Cartier-Bresson approach to photography would remain much the same. he made clear his disdain for the augmented image, one that had been enhanced by artificial light, darkroom effects, even cropping. The naturalist in Cartier-Bresson believed that all edits should be done when the image was made. His equipment loads was often a light, 50mm Lens and if he needed it a longer 90mm Lens.
Cartier-Bresson's rise as a photographer proved rapid. By mid 1930's he'd shown his work in major exhibits in Mexico, New York and Madrid.

 

 

This image is made up of a lot of shapes as you can see the within the steps and the road, and the slow shutter on the man on the bike makes it really stand out and draws your eye to the subject of the photograph.

 

 

 

 

This photograph shows passion and love, you can read into this image without knowing the actual subject or story behind the photographs meanings. I think this Is very unique photograph that Henri Cartier-Bresson has put together really aesthetically.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This image is an intresting photograph, In my opinion there is to much going on in this image and just doesn't have the same effect as the other two photographs have by catching my eye for the eye pleasing quality as the other two did.