Who suggested the decisive moment?

Henri cartier bresson put forward the decisive moment.

The decisive moment refers to the photographer's perfect combination of all factors such as form, conception, composition, light and events at a certain moment. Especially through snapshots, in a very short fraction of a second, the decisive things are summarized and expressed with powerful visual composition.

Cartier-Bresson, a French photographer, is a world snapshot master and the core of photography aesthetics. 1952, Bresson published an anthology of his photographic works, entitled Decisive Moment and Preface. Since then, "decisive moment" has become the golden rule of photography, and it has become a photographic aesthetic classic followed by realistic photographers and news photographers in Europe, America and even the world.

In Chinese mainland, 1936 put forward Wang Jiezhi's theory of "the most beautiful moment", and 1945 put forward Luo Guangda's theory of "the essence of moment". After 1960, Jiang Qisheng's theory of "typical moment" has been widely used in China news photography. These concepts have the same meaning as "decisive moment".

Bresson believes that no matter how brilliant the picture is and how well the technology is in place, a photographic work must not be a successful work if it is far away from love, understanding of human beings and cognition of human destiny.