Henri Cartier-Bresson is as famous for his quotes as he is as a photographer. Ive always found that when people who's first language isn't English or are translated into English it adds a kind of authority to their point,as if they are trying harder to articulate in a Yoda off of star wars kind of way...
"The most difficult thing for me is a portrait. You have to try and put your camera between the skin of a person and his shirt." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
"Above all, I craved to seize the whole essence, in the confines of one single photograph, of some situation that was in the process of unrolling itself before my eyes." - Henri Cartier-Bresson
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"Above all, I craved to seize the whole essence, in the confines of one single photograph, of some situation that was in the process of unrolling itself before my eyes." - Henri Cartier-Bresson
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Paul Strand
Another early photographer whose work I admire is Paul Strand,known mostly for his "Wall Street" image in the street photography genre. Comprising of a large oppressive even monolithic wall of the outside of the JP Morgan bank in New York. It was seen as a social commentary of how powerful this institution was compared to the people who worked there as they almost scurry along the bottom of the image like small animals.
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