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Henri Cartier-Bresson Quotes

List of quotations and sayings by the french photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson on topics like photograph, left, late

  • 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.

    — Henri Cartier-Bresson on camera
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  • 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 itself before my eyes.

    — Henri Cartier-Bresson on confines
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  • 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 again. We cannot develop and print a memory.

    — Henri Cartier-Bresson on continually
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  • 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 you. Then, however, you must be very quick.

    — Henri Cartier-Bresson on fast
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  • The photograph itself doesn't interest me. I want only to capture a minute part of reality.

    — Henri Cartier-Bresson on capture
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  • During the work, you have to be sure that you haven't left any holes, that you've captured everything, because afterwards it will be too late.

    — Henri Cartier-Bresson on captured
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  • 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 haven't left any holes, that you've captured everything, because afterwards it will be too late.

    — Henri Cartier-Bresson on captured
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  • 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 image becomes a great physical and intellectual joy.

    — Henri Cartier-Bresson on breath
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  • To take photographs means to recognize - simultaneously and within a fraction of a second - both the fact itself and the rigorous organization of visually perceived forms that give it meaning. It is putting one's head, one's eye and one's heart on the same axis.

    — Henri Cartier-Bresson on axis
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  • About Henri Cartier-Bresson

    Name Henri Cartier-Bresson
    Quotes 9 quotations
    Nationality French
    Profession Photographer
    Birthday October 16
    About Henri Cartier-Bresson was a French photographer considered to be the father of modern photojournalism, an early adopter of 35 mm format, and the master of candid photography. He helped develop the "street photography" or "real life reportage" style that has influenced generations of photographers that followed.
    Top topics photograph, left, late, holes, work

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