In 1973 Henri Cartier-Bresson spoke as part of a series organized by Cornell Capa. HIs observations on photography are paired here with many of his most well known images. In this excerpt of the DVD available from icp.org, you get a sense of his succinct insightful observations on the photographic medium.
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18 responses to “The Decisive Moment – Henri Cartier-Bresson”
Life is once, forever. Then alone came Photoshop!
look up the price on amazon, search for it and see what you get
I have this book is it worth anything?
I believe this excerpt is from and excellent series titled The Genius of Photography.
This is a bit of an unfortunate cut-out of the documentary, as half-way and especially with the comment at the end, his words could be mistaken to promote mindlessly taking thousands of pictures.
life is once, forever! nice
“Dude”… He was bi-lingual.
Born in Budapest in 1918, Cornell Capa came to
New York City in 1937. He became a staff photographer at LIFE
magazine in 1946, and in 1954 joined the influential Magnum agency,
which was founded by his brother, photojournalist Robert Capa. Microcinema International’s EXCLUSIVELY DISTRIBUTED “Toward the Margin of Life” will be released on 6/15/10. The audiovisual presentation provides a
candid glimpse into Cornell’s world of concerned photography.
sounds like sebastiao selgado ………. is he commentating?
Great advice
Yes, it is HCB. Only it’s him in 1973.
thats not HCB talking in this clip.
He was a grumpy old devil, but clearly an incredible, and much loved street photographer.
one of a kind.
its him…
i love this 🙂
although in this documentary he contradicts himself because I watched the entire thing in class today but, inspiring guy. A lot to say 🙂
Yes, that is him speaking at a talk at ICP in NYC.
Magnifique!
un bel video!