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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.
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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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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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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Give me inspiration over information.
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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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Everyone has got some preconceptions, but you have to readjust them in front of reality. Reality has the last word.
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Of all the means of expression, photography is the only one that fixes a precise moment in time.
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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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With the one eye that is closed, one looks within, with the other eye that is open, one looks without.
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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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One eye looks within, the other eye looks without.
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It is the photo that takes you. One must not take photos.
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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 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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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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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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Memory is very important, the memory of each photo taken, flowing at the same speed as the event.
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