Henri was a frech photgrapher whos spontaneous photos helped establish photojournalism as an art form. Always seen with his camera, he is knows as one of the most influential photgraphers of the 20th century. He was the oldest of five children and his family was wealthy, he was educated in Paris and soon developed his love for both photgraphy and literature. In later years he traveled to Africa to hunt both Antelope and Boar he regained his interest in potography and enjoyed taking shots moreso then printing them. His ideas remained he same for most of his life, loving the natrual beauty of the image and not thinking it needed any croping or enhancing.
The Decisive Moment means that thier is a single instance the meaning of an event was most clearly represented graphically. It was the responsibility of the phtographer to capture that representation. It refers to capturing an event that is ephemeral and spontaneous, where the image represents the essence of the event itself. Bresson made such a big impact on photography due to his abilities to capture such moments. He said two key factors played in to knowing when to take the shot, knowing and intuition. Knowing requires constant attention and it’s intentional while intuition is soly based on instinct.
Some of his famous work:
I really like all these photos, not only can you see the decisive moment clearly, it feels like your almost apart of the photo due to it being so spontaneous; as if you’re spying. My favorite photo may be the first one. I love how happy the single persons seems so happy in comparison to the couple. I also think it’s a beautiful photo witht he Effiel Tower in the background.
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