Henri Cartier-Bresson
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 20 years ago |
Date of birth | August 22,1908 |
Zodiac sign | Leo |
Born | Chanteloup-en-Brie |
France | |
Date of died | August 3,2004 |
Died | Cereste |
France | |
Artworks | Seville, Spain |
Roman Amphitheater, Valencia, Spain | |
On view | San Francisco Museum of Modern Art |
SCAD Museum of Art | |
Job | Photographer |
Journalist | |
Painter | |
Film director | |
Screenwriter | |
Spouse | Martine Franck |
Ratna Mohini | |
Children | Mélanie Cartier-Bresson |
Movies/Shows | Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Impassioned Eye |
The Decisive Moment | |
Works | Behind the Gare Saint‑Lazare |
Rue Mouffetard, Paris | |
Seville, Spain | |
Celebration, Mexico City | |
Parents | André Cartier-Bresson |
Marthe Leverdier | |
Books | The Decisive Moment |
Henri Cartier Bresson, Photographer | |
The Mind's Eye: Writings on Photography and Photographers | |
Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Modern Century | |
Awards | Hasselblad Award |
Education | University of Cambridge |
Lycée Condorcet | |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 2041531 |
Henri Cartier-Bresson Life story
Henri Cartier-Bresson was a French artist and humanist photographer considered a master of candid photography, and an early user of 35mm film. He pioneered the genre of street photography, and viewed photography as capturing a decisive moment. Cartier-Bresson was one of the founding members of Magnum Photos in 1947.