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It is an illusion that photos are made with the camera... they are made with the eye, heart and head.
Henri Cartier-Bresson
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Henri Cartier-Bresson
Age: 95 †
Born: 1908
Born: August 22
Died: 2004
Died: January 1
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Photography is nothing-it's life that interests me.
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Give me inspiration over information.
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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.
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In order to give meaning to the world, one has to feel oneself involved in what he frames. This attitude requires concentration, a discipline of mind, sensitivity, and a sense of geometry.
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In every photographer there is something of a stroller.
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What reinforces the content of a photograph is the sense of rhythm - the relationship between shapes and values.
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In a portrait, I’m looking for the silence in somebody.
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For the world is movement, and you cannot be stationary in your attitude toward something that is moving.
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For me, the camera is a sketch book, an instrument of intuition and spontaneity.
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Actually, I'm not all that interested in the subject of photography. Once the picture is in the box, I'm not all that interested in what happens next. Hunters, after all, aren't cooks.
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Only a fraction of the camera's possibilities interests me - the marvelous mixture of emotion and geometry, together in a single instant.
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The camera is for us a tool, not a pretty mechanical toy ... people think far too much about techniques and not enough about seeing.
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I suddenly understood that photography can fix eternity in a moment. It is the only photo that influenced me. There is such intensity in this image, such spontaneity, such joie de vivre, such miraculousness, that even today it still bowls me over.
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It seems dangerous to be a portrait artist who does commissions for clients because everyone wants to be flattered, so they pose in such a way that there's nothing left of truth.
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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.
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Freedom for me is a strict frame, and inside that frame are all the variations possible.
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...it is seldom indeed that a composition which was poor when the picture was taken can be improved by reshaping it in the dark room.
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