Henri Cartier-Bresson

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documentary photographer human photographer photojournalist street photographer

Henri Cartier-Bresson was a pioneering French photographer and photojournalist, celebrated as a master of candid street photography and the concept of the “decisive moment.”

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Hasselblad Award →
cameraUsed Leica rangefinder camera →
coFounded Magnum Photos →
countryOfCitizenship France →
dateOfBirth 1908-08-22 →
dateOfDeath 2004-08-03 →
educatedAt Cambridge University (informal studies) →
Académie Moderne →
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photojournalism →
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hasCollectionAt Centre Pompidou →
Henri Cartier-Bresson Foundation →
Museum of Modern Art →
surface form: Museum of Modern Art, New York
influenced Elliott Erwitt →
Garry Winogrand →
Josef Koudelka →
street photography →
influencedBy André Lhote →
Cubism →
Surrealism →
knownFor candid photography →
concept of the decisive moment →
photojournalism →
street photography →
languageOfWorkOrName French →
memberOf Magnum Photos →
movement humanist photography →
street photography →
nationality French →
notableWork Behind the Gare Saint-Lazare →
Images à la sauvette →
The Decisive Moment →
occupation painter →
photographer →
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placeOfBirth Chanteloup-en-Brie →
France →
Seine-et-Marne →
Île-de-France region →
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placeOfDeath Alpes-de-Haute-Provence →
Céreste →
France →
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur →
positionHeld co-founder of Magnum Photos →
religion Roman Catholicism (background) →
residence Paris →
sexOrGender male →
spouse Martine Franck →
Ratna Mohini →
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