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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.
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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He made me suddenly realize that photographs could reach eternity through the moment.
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Thinking should be done before and after, not during photographing.
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Give me inspiration over information.
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I am neither an economist nor a photographer of monuments, and I am not much of a journalist either. What I am trying to do more than anything else is to observe life.
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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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As photojournalists, we supply information to a world that is overwhelmed with preoccupations and full of people who need the company of images....We pass judgement on what we see, and this involves an enormous responsibility.
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It is an illusion that photos are made with the camera... they are made with the eye, heart and head.
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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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