To me, photography is the simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a second, of the significance of an event as well as of a precise organization of forms which give that event its proper expression.

Henri Cartier-Bresson

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Topic

Photography

Author

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Source

The Decisive Moment

Language

English

Time

1952 1950s 20th century

Occupation

Photographer

From

France Europe

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Citation

Cartier-Bresson, Henri. The Decisive Moment. Simon and Schuster, 1952.

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