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Henri Cartier-Bresson Quotes
Henri Cartier-Bresson Quotes
Henri Cartier-Bresson
French
Photographer
Born:
Aug 22
,
1908
Died:
Aug 3
,
2004
Back
Continually
Memory
Photography
Work
You
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To photograph is to hold one's breath, when all faculties converge to capture fleeting reality. It's at that precise moment that mastering an image becomes a great physical and intellectual joy.
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Great
Reality
Joy
Breath
Photograph
Physical
Faculties
Mastering
Becomes
Intellectual
Precise
Hold
Converge
Fleeting
Moment
Capture
Image
Think about the photo before and after, never during. The secret is to take your time. You mustn't go too fast. The subject must forget about you. Then, however, you must be very quick.
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Time
You
Before
Think
Too
Secret
Photo
Must
About
Take
Never
Go
However
Subject
Quick
Very
Forget
After
Then
Your
Fast
The most difficult thing for me is a portrait. You have to try and put your camera between the skin of a person and his shirt.
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Me
You
Try
Skin
Difficult
Put
Between
Most
Most Difficult Thing
Camera
His
Shirt
Person
Your
Thing
Portrait
Difficult Thing
The creative act lasts but a brief moment, a lightning instant of give-and-take, just long enough for you to level the camera and to trap the fleeting prey in your little box.
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Art
You
Creative
Long
Enough
Lasts
Prey
Instant
Lightning
Box
Camera
Just
Little
Fleeting
Act
Your
Creative Act
Moment
Trap
Brief
Brief Moment
Level
In photography, the smallest thing can be a great subject. The little, human detail can become a Leitmotiv.
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Great
Photography
Become
Detail
Smallest
Subject
Human
Little
Thing
During the work, you have to be sure that you haven't left any holes, that you've captured everything, because afterwards it will be too late.
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Work
You
Too Late
Will
Too
Late
Everything
Sure
Because
Left
Any
Afterwards
Holes
Captured
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.
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Eyes
Single
Before
Situation
Photograph
Some
Above
Seize
Itself
Essence
Confines
Process
Whole
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