Henri Cartier-Bresson
ABOUT HIM
August 22, 1908 – August 3, 2004
A French humanist photographer considered as a master of candid photography. He was an early user of 35 mm film. He pioneered the genre of street photography, and conceived of photography as capturing a decisive moment. His work has influenced many photographers.
This is my favorite photo taken by him. I actually chanced upon this photo once on the social media. However, I did not find out who the photographer is. Until I researched on Henri Cartier-Bresson. This photo caught my attention. I could feel the affection between the sailor man and the lady. This photo is so candid it felt like as if a scene from a classic love film which I initially thought.
Henri is very good at capturing candid shots and he shoot it with his film camera. Which I felt is the most skillful part because a film camera only has manual setting so in order to capture the perfect shot at the right moment is challenging. However, he manages to capture every image with feeling and meaning to it. He also made use of the golden ratio to frame his photos which is visually balance when looking at it.
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