Henri Cartier-Bresson

Henri Cartier-Bresson is a french photographer who loves the modern look of photo journalism. His photos were always focussing on street photography and life reportage. Very natural photos which i think people can relate too. Cartier-Bresson matured artistically in this stormy cultural and political environment. He was aware of the concepts and theories mentioned, but could not find a way of expressing this imaginatively in his paintings.is a

I really like this photo by Bresson, it's such a different styled photo as there is so much compoisition going on. The way he's looking down the stairs creates a lonely, old effect. The shutter would of been around 1 second, a very quick shutter. I love the black and white effect with the different contrasts of black and white as it seems quite dynamic.

I am going to improve my shoots by using this artist as inspiration such as taking a photo during school looking down the stair case, as I really like the speed of movement and using stairs will make it look busy with the different types of feet and people moving.


His images I feel tell a story as there very documentry like such as with this picture the lines which are shadows could be a sense of prisionment or being trapped - poverty. The culture of the people in this photo, eating bread it looks like quite a poor area. The photo would of been taken on a tripod to capture the shadows and would have been taken possibly 3/4pm (afternoon). I like the way this photo has been taken as it's very natural but it has hidden meanings.