Born on the 22nd of august 1908 Henri Cartier-Bresson grew up in Paris and bought his first camera when he was 24 and spent the next few years traveling across Europe as well as an expedition to mexico. During the war he joined the 'film and photography' unit and he where he was taken prisoner by Germans. He managed to escaped on his third attempt. after the war he worked as a professional photographer until he stopped at the age of 66 in order to focus on drawing. Henri works were mainly focused on street photography however this image is one of his few landscapes and I choose it because of the composition. He has kept the largest focus point, the Eiffel tower, in the right hand third as to to show the scale and magnitude of it's presence. Wednesday, 24 June 2015
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Born on the 22nd of august 1908 Henri Cartier-Bresson grew up in Paris and bought his first camera when he was 24 and spent the next few years traveling across Europe as well as an expedition to mexico. During the war he joined the 'film and photography' unit and he where he was taken prisoner by Germans. He managed to escaped on his third attempt. after the war he worked as a professional photographer until he stopped at the age of 66 in order to focus on drawing. Henri works were mainly focused on street photography however this image is one of his few landscapes and I choose it because of the composition. He has kept the largest focus point, the Eiffel tower, in the right hand third as to to show the scale and magnitude of it's presence. 
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