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A photographer must always work with the greatest respect for his subject and in terms of his own point of view.
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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We must avoid however, snapping away, shooting quickly and without thought, overloading ourselves with unnecessary images that clutter our memory and diminish the clarity of the whole.
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Thinking should be done before and after, not during photographing.
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Sharpness is a bourgeois concept
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In a portrait, I’m looking for the silence in somebody.
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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.
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Pictures should never be posed. They are 'revealed' so must be accepted as they are. Left alone.
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One eye looks within, the other eye looks without.
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Photography is, for me, a spontaneous impulse coming from an ever attentive eye which captures the moment and its eternity.
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It is the photo that takes you. One must not take photos.
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