Going to come across the boards and would perhaps jump, giving him time to The Saint Lazarre image, where HCB could see in advance that the figure was It is 99% sure that the composition was created, and the shutter pushed down onlyĪrguably, HCB might have seen a bicycle come across the field, followedīy him setting up the shot and waiting for the next bicycle, however, unlike Perhaps, but it still takes a great eye to make this come together.Ĭontradiction in these two photographs is that in the first, the one from Hyères, There would have been only a second or two toĪnticipate this shot and certainly no time to prepare. Similar position as the jumper in the foreground. Water, with a poster in the background of a circus artist in a strikingly Prime example of this would be HCB’s Behind the Gare Saint Lazarre, whichĬaptures the jumping figure and his reflection in the standing, perfectly still Henri Cartier-Bresson – Behind the Gare Saint Lazarre While I would argue that this happens, itĭoes not happen often, and certainly not every time. Incredible luck and intuition when it comes to the compositional, or graphicĮlements, but also the moving elements have to be just perfect. Image on the fly and capture the moving elements perfectly within the field of On the Run, on the other hand, suggests that you lift the camera, compose the Perfect frame for the lone bicycle rider that comes along the cobble stones on The perfect light and shadow elements form the Staircase, the position of the photographer above the subject, and the stairs, wallsĪnd building all round, create the perfect setting. Good example is the bicycle rider in the 1932 image from Hyères in the south of You press the shutter when the moving element is in the perfect position in the Photograph, usually this is people, a dog, a car or another moving object and You wait for the right element to enter the Work in the final black and white print, and then you wait. You set the graphic elements and ensure that the light and shadow elements will You compose your image in the view-finder, To make a photograph at the decisive moment, you have to wait for the decisive Of the decisive moment is based on perfect composition and perfect content, but He did so with great composition and great command Arguably HCB did both, he found the exact Moment, in French translated into English Images on the Run. HCB paradox, in my mind is one of reconciling the idea behind the two titles of Hand-held camera, in the hands of a master, who had a great eye and a classicalĬome to be, perhaps, the most important book ever published in the field of Various subjects, in a novel style that was made possible by a small, nimble “Images à la Sauvette” (1952), HCB assembled a selection of his photographs of HCB’s seminal book, in English called “The Decisive Moment” and in French In a recent article, Agnes Sire, the Director of the Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson discussed the legendary photographer – by most collectors and enthusiasts of photography simply referred to as HCB – setting out to explain some of the magic that has surrounded the photographer for more than three quarters of a century.
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