hcb

if you didn't know, i'm a huge fan of henri cartier-bresson. and if you don't know who that is, be ashamed of yourself.

the first time i saw his work - it was a glimpse of this photo, and i fell in love.



bresson was a french photographer, born in 1908, died just recently in 2004.
he traveled all over the world to photograph, including events such as ghandi's funeral, exhibits in madrid, adventures in africa.



i can honestly say, he was one of my biggest inspirations for getting into photography


i loved the way that his subject were street scenes, things you could find anywhere in the world, but he somehow twists the photo into a more magical image.




"to photograph is to hold one's breath, when all faculties converge to capture fleeting reality. it's at that precise moment that mastering an image becomes a great physical and intellectual joy. " - henri cartier-bresson

take some time to go through his collections:
http://tinyurl.com/3a3g2j