© Henri Cartier-Bresson / Magnum Photos

Henri Cartier-Bresson (August 22, 1908 – August 3, 2004) was a French photographer considered to be the father of modern photojournalism. He was an early adopter of 35 mmformat, and the master of candid photography. He helped develop the street photography orlife reportage style that was coined The Decisive Moment that has influenced generations of photographers who followed.

"The only thing which completely was an amazement to me and brought me to photography was the work of Munkacsi. When I saw the photograph of Munkacsi of the black kids running in a wave I couldn't believe such a thing could be caught with the camera. I said damn it, I took my camera and went out into the street.


Mexico City

Manhattan 1947



Sold for $2 million at Christies in 2011