Cartier was born into a well off french family and studied art and trained as a painter. he only started his carreer in photography in the early 1930s after a visit to the ivory coast. he was the oldest of 5 children, his family were landowners and cotton merchants in Normandy, where he spent most of his childhood.
his first photojournalism photos were published in 1937, by a french magazine, called regards, he was hesitant to use his full name so he went by "cartier". the photos were of the coronation of king George, there were no actual photos of the king, they were mostly crowd shots of london. after the war cartier went on to focus on the tragedies of life.
during the early 70s bresson retired from photography and focused on painting and drawing, bresson said that he kept his camera locked in a safe and only took it out for the occasional portrait.
Cartier used a leica 35 mm rangefinder cameras equipped with 50mm lenses or a wide-angle for landscapes, He would wrapped black tape around the camera's frame to make it less conspicuous. He never photographed with flash as he thought it was rude. cartiers visual style focused around catching movement as it was happening. he never took a colour photograph, his work was entirely in black and white
Spain. Andalucia. Seville.
1933.
Children Playing in the Ruins
the photo is of children playing in the ruins of what looks like a hospital, one of the children has a pair of crutches.
New York City. Manhattan. Downtown.1947.
Photograph (gelatin silver print)
the photo shows a man down a narrow pathway in-between 2 buildings with his head on his arms.
France. Brie. 1968.
the photograph is of a road that is covered on the sides by parallel trees.
http://www.magnumphotos.com/C.aspx?VP3=CMS3&VF=MAGO31_10_VForm&ERID=24KL53ZMYN
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Cartier-Bresson
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