Famous Photographer #19: Henri Cartier Bresson

Henri Cartier-Bresson is a French photographer who is considered to be the father of modern photojournalism. When he was younger, Cartier-Bresson used a Box Brownie for taking holiday photos. He helped form the Magnum picture agency in 1974. He traveled all over the world to take pictures for major magazines. A 400-print retrospective exhibition was a major milestone in his career. The exhibition toured around the U.S. in 1960. In his first book, Bresson wrote about his approach to photography and it become a creed for photojournalists everywhere. Some people criticized him for being nothing more than a snap-shooter. He is known for talking about the "decisive moment" approach. Most of his photographs showed human details. He also would start to use the flash for photography.