Henri Cartier-Bresson was a French photographer born in 1908 who helped found the Magnum Photos agency. He was originally a painter but began photographing everyday life around the world using a Leica camera. Some of his most famous photos include images taken in locations like the U.S., France, India, and the Soviet Union between 1931 and 1975 when he retired from photography.

1. Henri Cartier-Bresson
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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"

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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
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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