Cartier Bresson's Classical Composition Theory

Lead:? Composition? The word comes from Latin, which means structure, composition or connection. In photography, it refers to the arrangement of pictures, which determines the relationship between various components in the picture, thus eventually forming a unified overall picture. This is the whole modeling structure created by the photographer to express his thoughts, including the combination of light and shadow, lines and tones.

Perhaps the most famous master of photographic composition so far is the famous French photographer Henry? Cartier? In his long-term photography practice, Bresson has developed a pair of extremely keen eyes, which makes his photos often have a handy style, but they are all well-thought-out and well-structured works. Interestingly, most of his works are shot with a standard lens of 50mm, and rarely with a lens of 35mm or 90 mm. Bresson has many incisive opinions on photographic composition.

1952, is he at a decisive moment? The article points out:? If a photo wants to express the theme as strongly as possible, it must strictly establish the connection between form and problem. Photography has an implicit recognition function, which is to recognize the rhythm of the real world. The job of a discerning person is to find a specific theme among a lot of real things and focus on it. The task of the camera is only to record the decisions made by the eyes on the film. Just like painting, we regard photography as a whole and can grasp it at a glance. In photographic works, composition is actually the result of the simultaneous combination and organic organization of different elements seen by the eyes. Because content and form are inseparable, the composition can not be supplemented afterwards, nor can it be supplemented afterwards to subsidize the basic materials. In other words, composition must be inevitable.

? Photography has a new plasticity, which is formed by lines that appear instantly when the subject moves. We shoot with the movement, as if the movement itself is showing life in its predetermined way. However, in the process of movement, there will be a special moment, when this moment appears, all the factors in the dynamic progress are in a state of balance. The task of photography is to seize this moment, stabilize the state of balance and dynamically condense. ?

Bresson believes that the photographer's eyes are always evaluating what appears in front of him. He only needs to move a part of 1 mm to match the line. He can change the angle of view by slightly bending his knees. By putting the camera closer or farther away from the subject, he can draw a certain detail? This detail may complement each other or usurp the role of the master. However, the time required to compose a photo is almost as short as the time to press the shutter, because both are conditioned reflex.