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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- Cartier-Bresson, Henri 1908-2004. French photographer noted for his black-and-white documentary photographs of daily life.
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“One of the first surveys since a Museum of Modern Art retrospective in 2005, this one dwells on many of the themes that have made Mr. Friedlander the jazziest street photographer since Henri Cartier-Bresson and, at the age of 77, still one of the hardest-working of his breed.”
The Wall Street Journal: A Street Photographer's Offbeat American Christmas
“I think Cartier-Bresson liked my portraits," she says, dropping her habitual modesty for a moment.”
“According to Ms. Franck, who at that time was photographing the Paris fashion shows for the New York Times, one of the first things Cartier-Bresson did was ask to see her contact sheets.”
“A year before her husband's death Ms. Franck and her daughter established the Cartier-Bresson Foundation in Paris, which continues to promote the work of photojournalism's founding father.”
“Their marriage lasted until Cartier-Bresson's death in 2004 at the age of 95.”
“At the age of 27, Ms. Franck was introduced to the pioneering French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson 30 years her senior by a mutual friend in Paris.”
“Initially a reporter for TimeLife, Paris Match and Stern, as well as Turkish dailies and magazines, he has been a member of Magnum Photos since meeting Marc Riboud and Henri Cartier-Bresson in 1961.”
“The then curator had been invited to the opening of a Cartier-Bresson exhibition there and had been kind enough to ask me along.”
“Zurich: Loath to take over the family's burgeoning textile business, French artist Henri Cartier-Bresson 1908-2004 tinkered with the idea of becoming a writer and painter before realizing that his talent and interests predestined him for a career as a photographer.”
The Wall Street Journal: Cartier-Bresson and the Decisive Moment
“Many of his pictures have become so deeply ingrained in popular culture that some of our romanticized views of cities and landscapes stem from photos made by Cartier-Bresson, such as his shot of a townscape in the Italian village of L'Aquila, taken in 1951.”
The Wall Street Journal: Cartier-Bresson and the Decisive Moment
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