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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.

Chinese name

Henri Cartier Bersson

Foreign name

Henri Cartier Bersson

nationality

France

date of birth

22 August 1908

date of death

August 3(rd), 2004

brief introduction

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 has become a photographic aesthetic classic followed by realistic photographers and news photographers in Europe, America and even the world.

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According to Mr. Zhu Jianxuan's annotation in Photographic World of Taiwan Province Province, "The so-called decisive moment is just a moment when all elements (people, places and things) are in their proper places and show specific connotations and meanings". When this moment appears, the photographer must seize it. He believes that the essence of "decisive moment" consists of three links, that is, meaning is the expression of connotation. It is a time to give something new meaning or give it meaning; Second, space is the composition of composition; Third, time is the capture of opportunities. As for the key to determining the timing, it is the moment when the first two can show their best. Japanese photographer Ibee Kimura's comment is simpler: "The decisive moment is the moment when light, composition and emotion are consistent."

In Chinese mainland, Wang Jiezhi's The Most Beautiful Moment with 1936, Luo Guangda's The Essence of Moment with 1945, and Jiang Qisheng's Theory of Typical Moment after 1960 have been widely used in the theoretical circle of news photography in China. These concepts have the same meaning as "decisive moment".

This photo is a representative work of Bresson's snapshot art. The figure of the man jumping in the foreground is just similar to the girl jumping in the poster advertisement behind him, which echoes each other and becomes interesting accordingly. This shooting moment is also a "decisive moment" in Bresson's mind.

"In photography, the smallest thing can also be a great theme." Bresson put forward the most famous viewpoint of "decisive moment" in photography history. He believes that everything in the world has its decisive moment. He decided to capture the moment of ordinary life with the photographic style of decisive moment, and grasp the appearance and connotation of things in a very short time to make them eternal. In modern photography, in order to capture the wonderful moments of ordinary people's lives, in order to capture that short second, many photographers follow the pace of Bresson. In Japan, photocreate takes ordinary people as the target and shoots the most beautiful moments of ordinary people in competitions, performances and other occasions. The company has been successfully listed. In Taiwan Province Province, allsports, which is mainly based on sports photography, is very popular. The dynamic and explosive power of athletes in the process of sports are captured under the photographer's lens and fleeting. In Chinese mainland, alltuu, a new instant photography company, is also actively following the pace of Bresson. They are very good at sports photography, especially fast sports such as badminton.

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.