Everything tagged Henri Cartier-Bresson
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Controversial Color
In the 1950s, early color photography was widely scorned. Now it’s the default. What happened?
The Fourth Dimension
What the Decisive Moment means for originality.
Obsessed with Visual Pleasure
Memorable sentences from Henri Cartier-Bresson, quotation machine.
Ideas
Ghirri wanted to move away from the ‘decisive moment’ of Henri Cartier-Bresson and also resisted trends for exoticism and folklore (popular then, as now). Instead, he focused on moments of concision, uncertainty or muted suggestions of human action: people sitting around, drinking; trees; windows; a flag; the midday sun; an advertisement.
Beyond the decisive moment
31 July 2026