1. Henri Cartier-Bresson
Michelle, Angela, and Travis.
Date

2. Who
✤ Born 1908, Died 2004.
✤ Born in France, and originally a painter, Bresson later turned to
photography.
✤ Traveled all over the world to take pictures, especially after forming
‘Magnum Photos’ with fellow photographers Robert Capa, David
Seymour, and George Rodger.

3. What
✤ A street photographer, Bresson took many pictures of everyday life in
many different enviroments ranging from the U.S. during WWII, to
the Soviet Union just before it’s fall.

4. ✤
Henri Cartier-Bresson
"Siphnos, Greece, 1961"

5. ✤
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Marilyn Monroe during the making of "The Misfits", 1962

6. ✤ "Rue Mouffetard, Paris, 1954"

7. ✤ “Brie” by Henri Cartier-Bresson, June 1968, Brie, France

8. Why
✤ Originally a painter, Bresson thought of photography as just a way
into painting.
“All I care about these days is painting — photography has never
been more than a way into painting, a sort of instant drawing.”

9. Where
✤ The United States, France, India, Mexico, China, Japan, Canada, the
Soviet Union (Russia)

10. When
✤ Photographed from 1931 - 1975 (Retired from photography)

11. How
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Camera: Leica 35 mm. Normal 50mm lenses, or wide angle lenses.
✤ Never used a flash. Never cropped prints, always left the first
millimeter of clear negative around the image resulting in a black
border around the image.

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15. Citations
✤
http://www.afterimagegallery.com/bressonberlinwall.htm
✤ http://www.magnumphotos.com/Archive/C.aspx?
VP3=ViewBox&VBID=2K1HZSX8GCW4&IT=ZoomImage01_VForm
&CT=Album&PN=36&SH=1&SF=1&PPM=0
http://www.magnumphotos.com/Archive/C.aspx?
VP3=ViewBox&VBID=2K1HZSX8GCW4&IT=ZoomImage01_VForm
&CT=Album&PN=34&SH=1&SF=1&PPM=0
http://www.stevenkasher.com/html/artistresults.asp?artist=20

16. ✤ http://www.magnumphotos.com/Archive/C.aspx?
VP3=ViewBox&VBID=2K1HZSX8GCW4&IT=ZoomImage01_VForm
&CT=Album&PN=12&SH=1&SF=1&PPM=0
http://www.magnumphotos.com/Archive/C.aspx?
VP3=ViewBox&VBID=2K1HZSX8GCW4&IT=ZoomImage01_VForm
&CT=Album&PN=22&SH=1&SF=1&PPM=0
http://www.soulcatcherstudio.com/exhibitions/bresson/
rue_mouffetard.html
http://kentbeatty.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/brie-henri-
cartier-bresson-thumb.jpg