Henri Cartier-Bresson

Hyeres, France

On the Banks of the Marne

Artist's Biography
French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson was persuaded by Robert Capa to call himself a photojournalist rather than an artist or a Surrealist for his first New York show. Inspired by a picture of black youths running from the sea with incredible grace and a sense of movement he set out to capture 'the decisive moment' when everything was in balance in the picture. At its best this leads to a dynamic image but easily becomes (and even occasionally in the hands of the master himself - a formal stasis. Best known for his concept of the "decisive moment" in photography, Cartier-Bresson is the recipient of an extraordinary number of prizes, awards and honorary doctorates, among which the Overseas Press Club of America Award (1948, 1954, 1960, 1964), The A.S.M.P. Award (1953), the Prix de la Société Française de Photographie (1959), the Culture Prize, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photographie (1975). Capa also persuaded Cartier-Bresson to become one of the founders of Magnum.

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