Henri Cartier Bresson
- Photojournalism - Explain what it is. it was created during the second world war during the modern warfare in Europe. Robert Capa was also a photojournalist.
- Why is he famous? Bresson was a surrealist he took decisive photo's; like the picture of the man jumping into a puddle. Which was known as Europe jumping into the unknown.
- Why is his work significant in Photojournalism? every photo he had taken he thought about how its going to be taken and it was a decisive moment in time which also all his photo's had a great meaning to them.They were about being in the right place at the right time.
- Find and upload to your blog some work of theirs
- What Camera/Technique did he use. He used the Leica camera which was created in 1925. But Bresson could afford this as he had money and was known as a rich boy. He stalked his prey by waiting for the decisive moment. He had one of the first Leica 35mm rangefinders.