Transcript of Henri Cartier-Bresson
- 1. Henri Cartier-BressonMichelle Dollois
- 2. Some of His Work
- 3. Alicante
- 4. The Alle du Prado
- 5. Downtown
- 6. Hyres
- 7. Brie
- 8. Aquila
- 9. Liverpool
- 10. Shanghai
- 11. Trieste
- 12. Hyde Park in the Grey Drizzle
- 13. His Life
- Born August 22 1908, in Chanteloup, France
- He studied in Paris with Andr Lhote
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- Inspired Cartier-Bresson to paint
- 1929: studied literature and painting at Cambridge
- Became interested in photography
- after seeing the work of Eugne
- 14. His Life
- Bought his first 35-mm Leica
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- Became his camera of choice
- Started making documentary films in1937
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- 1 ston medical aid in Spanish Civil War
- 1937 started reportage photography
- Working with film director Jean Renoir taught him how to
capture the essential moment
- 15. His Life
- Prisoner to Germans in 1940-1943
- 1947 had exhibit in MoMA and founded Magnum Photos
- 1955 France honoured him with an exhibition
- 1960s he focused on film and then drawing in his later
years
- 16. His Goal
- Above all, I craved to seize the whole essence,
- in the confines of one single photograph, of
- some situation that was in the process of
- unrolling itself before my eyes
- 17. His Goal + Interests
- He wished to be a silent unseen witness
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- He covered the chrome bits of camera with black tape
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- Hid it under a handkerchief
- Preferred capturing people + events
- Reportage style and content
- 18. Reputation
- He was known for capturing the decisive moment
- Helped establish photojournalism as an art form
Dublin 1952
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- Children Playing Cowboys With Guns
- 20. Analysis
- 21. Analysis
- 22. Analysis
- 23. Why Henri?
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- Captures movement and emotion
Alberto Giacometti, rue d'Alsia, Paris 1961
- 24. In Conclusion...
- Henri Cartier-Bresson was a photographer, filmmaker, drawer,
and painter
- Took photos from 1940s-70s
- He is best known for his work in photojournalism and capturing
the decisive moment
- He is skilled in creating strong compositions
- 25. Bibliography
- http://www.dptips-central.com/henry-cartier-bresson.html
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http://so30s.tumblr.com/post/901797267/thetranscendentalmodernist-allee-du-prado
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http://linkandoalto.wordpress.com/2010/09/13/consideracoes-sobre-a-solidao-retratada-por-cartier-bresson/
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http://blog.ricecracker.net/2010/02/24/cartier-bresson-kertesz-koudelka/
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http://kentbeatty.com/2008/10/12/great-photographers-henri-cartier-bresson/
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http://ultraorange.net/2007/12/13/henri-cartier-bresson-aquila-degli-abruzi-1952-2/
- http://ysvoice.tumblr.com/post/2650510052/bresson-1948
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http://www.tate.org.uk/liverpool/exhibitions/centreofthecreativeuniverse/guide/room1.shtm
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http://so30s.tumblr.com/post/435365769/trieste-henri-cartier-bresson-1933
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http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/features/henri-cartierbresson-from-amateur-snapper-to-photographic-icon-790386.html?action=Gallery&ino=4
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http://www.iphotocentral.net/search/detail.php/256/Henri+Cartier-Bresson/20/11422/1
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http://forums.thefashionspot.com/f81/henri-cartier-bresson-hcb-photographer-55083-2.htm
- http://www.betty-ck145.de/docujan/early/fotograf.html l
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http://www.biography.com/articles/Henri-Cartier-Bresson-9240139
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http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/h/henri_cartierbresson.html
- http://www.photo-seminars.com/Fame/bresson.htm