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nexgenlife.com (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
check is syno\n\n HYPE CHECK\n Leica M9 Digital Rangefinder Camera\n What it is: The cult of Leica originated in the ’40s, when Henri Cartier-Bresson and the Magnum photographers first brought the so-called “decisive moment” into the cultural consciousness. Their startlingly immediate images of street life, war, and people are as fresh this day as they were [...]...
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nexgenlife.com (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
HYPE CHECK Leica M9 Digital Rangefinder Camera What it is: The cult of Leica originated in the ’40s, when Henri Cartier-Bresson and the Magnum photographers first brought the so-called “decisive moment” into the cultural consciousness. Their startlingly immediate images of street life, war, and people are as fresh today as they were the [...]
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Switched (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
HYPE CHECK Leica M9 Digital Rangefinder Camera What it is: The cult of Leica originated in the '40s, when Henri Cartier-Bresson and the Magnum photographers first brought the so-called "decisive moment" into the cultural consciousness. Their startlingly immediate images of street life, war, and people are as fresh today as they were the day they were snapped. The weapon...
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Mrs Lemon's Visit to Japan (Free subscription) | 11/29/2009
"As for [Henri Cartier Bresson], I think that any art where there is a single obvious meaning is a failure except in advertising and propaganda.... The perfect photograph should hurt to look at, but be compelling enough that you can't look away." These comments are by a guy called Hugh Crawford and are from a thread on The Online Photographer and for me sum up what I...
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piran café (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
Via Artdaily: On Friday, Magnum, the legendary photo collective founded by Henri Cartier Bresson, Robert Capa and others, will opened a gallery in the heart of Saint Germain des Prés, in the former exhibition spaces of Robert Delpire, one of France’s most distinguished publishers and photography connoisseurs. The opening exhibition, “Demain/Hier” (tomorrow/yesterday)...
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Eclectica (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
... is nothing in this world that does not have a decisive moment.” The above is a quote from Henri Cartier-Bresson 's book Images à la sauvette (1952). You can see the influence of Cartier-Bresson on Winogrand's work—each picture captures a precise point in time when the light, framing and subject come together perfectly. It's interesting to watch...
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Little Hokum Rag (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
Henri-Cartier Bresson, Dieppe, 1926 I found this interesting photo by Henri-Cartier Bresson (one of my favorite photographers) and it reminded me of this: Vintage Parasols Pool on Flickriver
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
... for students, co-organised by the Saatchi Gallery. Not to mention established prizes like the Henri Cartier-Bresson award and the Magnum Expression award . If the health of a medium corresponds to the number of gongs, contemporary photography would seem to be in fine fettle. It is, of course, not that simple. Prizes are not just a barometer of excellence, but of changing taste...
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Gothamist (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
... looked like samplings from your typical high-end Westchester estate sale: the inevitable framed Henri Cartier Bresson poster, the crocodile purse, the bland dishware from the beach house, some primitive art that the purchasers probably described to their friends as “funky” when they bought it years ago. It's hoped the auction will raise at least $500,000 for Madoff's...
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Eolake Stobblehouse blog (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
(Or: The Virtual Henri Cartier-Bresson.) I have just for the first time taken advantage of a camera's "Custom" setting. Many cameras have a mode called C, which is whatever settings you want it to be. (Some advanced cameras have more than one.) So I created a "street photography" mode for the Canon S90. I got the idea when I saw accidentally in the manual that...
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dzyning things (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
... wanted a digital camera and I've always thought that the Leica cameras that photojournalists like Henri Cartier Bresson used were so awesome yet so unattainable for me because I couldn't justify spending that kind of money for a camera. The kids have to go to college after all. Plus, my husband and I don't usually exchange large gifts with each other unless it is something...
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Reflections (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
... is inevitably the same, but what is special and defining about photography? The great master Henri Cartier-Bresson said; To me, photography is the simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a second, of the significance of an event as well as of a precise organization of forms which give that event its proper expression. My working definition of art plus HCB’s definition...
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Half Sigma (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Rue Mouffetard, Paris Henri Cartier-Bresson, 1954 The photo above was taken by the famous photojournalist and street photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson. This post was spurred by certain commenters who don’t appreciate that street photography is an established and respected art form....
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Illuminated Perfume (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Photographers deal in things which are continually vanishing and when they have vanished there is no contrivance on earth which can make them come back again. ~Henri Cartier-Bresson Ben has been lending Eve and I his SLR (Single Lens Reflex) Nikon. The last few days I've been having a grand time with it. I am really appreciating what transpires with the depth of field with this...
