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With the one eye that is closed, one looks within, with the other eye that is open, one looks without.
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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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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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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Pictures should never be posed. They are 'revealed' so must be accepted as they are. Left alone.
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Freedom for me is a strict frame, and inside that frame are all the variations possible.
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Why do photographers start giving numbers to their prints? It’s absurd. What do you do when the 20th print has been done? Do you swallow the negative? Do you shoot yourself? It’s the gimmick of money.
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Photographers deal in things which are continuously vanishing.
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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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In every photographer there is something of a stroller.
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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.
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