Henri Cartier-Bresson
French, 1908–2004
Bougival, near Paris
INV-1378
Henri Cartier-Bresson
French, 1908–20041956, printed 1957
Bougival, near Paris
Henri Cartier-Bresson French, 1908–2004 →gelatin silver (developing-out-paper) prphotographic process
Date
1956, printed 1957
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image/paper: 29.4 × 19.5 cm (11 5/8 × 7 11/16 in.); Mount: 55.7 × 45.8 cm (21 15/16 × 18 1/16 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Photography Gallery Purchased with funds provided by Fund
Henri Cartier-Bresson became known for “the decisive moment,” an instantaneous composition of a scene, for which the photographer must act quickly and intuitively. As a photojournalist for Magnum Photos, the agency he founded with his colleagues Robert Capa and David “Chim” Seymour, he traveled across the world, photographing some of the most important events of the 20th century. Early in his career, he developed a distinct style of photography and made some of his most famous and enduring images.
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