was also relatively unknown for the public he wanted to picture/portrait/ because very few pictures were available showing his own face.
as his Leica, he was very discreet.
Original Message -----
From: Howard Ray Lawrence
Subject: Photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson.
Cartier-Bresson shot with a Leica, the quietest of cameras, working only with black and white film, and notably, without a flash. Thrusting a subject in the limelight, he once said, was a sure way to destroy it.
He also opposed cropping pictures, saying it diluted the picture's meanings.
in fact, he choosed and published, as any good photographer, the good ones.
the "cadre" he re-acted to picture was choosen by him, or happened by chance, talent or any other combination of events, but if you have the opportunity to include all the visual elements you feel necessary and sufficient to be in the "cadre" in front of your lens/eyes/brain, it´s certainly a proof of talent NOT to have to crop later the produced images.
it´s also an economy of paper, film, products,time, a.s.o......
...
His Leica, protected by a handkerchief, was never out of reach.
yes. to react fast.
just like sharpshooters trained to be reacting asap.
photographers and snipers do a similar job, in a very strange way...
P.
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as his Leica, he was very discreet.
Original Message -----
From: Howard Ray Lawrence
Subject: Photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson.
Cartier-Bresson shot with a Leica, the quietest of cameras, working only with black and white film, and notably, without a flash. Thrusting a subject in the limelight, he once said, was a sure way to destroy it.
He also opposed cropping pictures, saying it diluted the picture's meanings.
in fact, he choosed and published, as any good photographer, the good ones.
the "cadre" he re-acted to picture was choosen by him, or happened by chance, talent or any other combination of events, but if you have the opportunity to include all the visual elements you feel necessary and sufficient to be in the "cadre" in front of your lens/eyes/brain, it´s certainly a proof of talent NOT to have to crop later the produced images.
it´s also an economy of paper, film, products,time, a.s.o......
...
His Leica, protected by a handkerchief, was never out of reach.
yes. to react fast.
just like sharpshooters trained to be reacting asap.
photographers and snipers do a similar job, in a very strange way...
P.
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