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Henri Cartier-Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908 chanteloop-en-brie, France-August 3, 2004) is a French, a world-famous humanist photographer, and the founder and practitioner of the decisive moment theory. Known as "the father of modern news photography".

1908 On August 22nd, henri cartier bresson was born near Paris. His father owned a textile mill, while his mother's family managed cotton for generations and owned a big farm in Normandy. Henry is their first child, so they hope Henry can take over the family business when he grows up, but unfortunately, Henry has no interest in doing business.

1930, 22-year-old Bresson was drafted into the army. In the previous two years, he studied English art and literature at Cambridge University. Military life obviously made it difficult for Bresson to adapt. He later recalled: "It was really a difficult time. You know, you have a rifle on your shoulder. "

193 1 year, Bresson unexpectedly went to the African colony of C? te d 'Ivoire in France at that time. Although he seldom talks about his own experience, some researchers believe that he was influenced by Conrad's novel Black Heart, which opened the door to the mysterious African hinterland in front of Bresson with a voyage along the Congo River.

Bresson hunted for a living in C? te d 'Ivoire. He hunted wild boar and antelope, and then sold their prey to local villages. In hunting, he developed his photography skills all his life-preparation, waiting, waiting, waiting, and finally pulling the trigger or pressing the shutter. Bresson took pictures with a full manual camera all his life. He hates automatic cameras because "it's like shooting a grouse with a machine gun". Bresson's calmness under great pressure, which many people admire, also benefits from hunting. French director louis malle once recalled Bresson during the French "May Storm" in 1968. At that time, the student riots in Paris had reached its climax and there was chaos everywhere, but Bresson was still able to face the situation calmly and only took four photos in an hour. He had a camera when he was in C? te d 'Ivoire, but his "African memory" only had seven photos.

1937, King George VI of England was crowned, and photographers all over the world focused their eyes on the majestic guard of honor. But Bresson paid attention to all the people on the road-a man lying in a pile of newspapers and sleeping. He was sleepy and tired because he came out late at night to occupy his seat. When the guard of honor came, he couldn't help falling asleep ... it was surrealism that caught the other side of surrealism in the real world that influenced him. As a young man who grew up in the bourgeois community along the Seine River in Paris in the early 20th century, Bresson was inevitably influenced by various trends of fashion art.

After a narrow escape in Africa, Bresson returned to France and settled in Marseilles. He completely put down the brush and picked up the camera, to which he once explained, "I suddenly realized that the camera can be solidified and immortal in an instant." He bought a Leica 35 mm camera and a 50 mm lens in Marseille and has been carrying it with him for many years. 1934, Bresson met the Polish photographer David Sim Seymour, and then met robert capa through Seymour. Later, these three people became the founders of the famous "Ma Genan Photo". Kappa once said to Bresson, "Don't label yourself as a surrealist photographer, be a photojournalist. Otherwise, it is easy to fall into your own routine. Put surrealism in the corner for the time being and move forward to reality. Don't hesitate. "

Bresson's 1930' s works can be said to be the classics of news photography, which expands the possibility of photography as a medium. During his photography career of more than 50 years, he photographed the joys and sorrows of different nationalities, the folk customs of different regions, and some of the most symbolic moments and figures in the last century: from the Spanish Civil War to the liberation of Paris in World War II, and then to the collapse of the Berlin Wall. He witnessed the assassination and funeral of Gandhi in 1948. It also recorded the Spanish Civil War and the liberation of Paris; 1949, he also came to China and personally recorded the historic event of Mao Zedong's peaceful liberation of Peiping (now Beijing); 1954, as the first western photographer, he was allowed to enter the Soviet Union one year after Stalin's death.

1947, he established the most influential and widely respected photo agency in the world-magnum photos. Magnum photos has set up its headquarters in new york, USA and Paris, and its pictures have been published in many major American photography magazines such as Life, Time, Newsweek and The New York Times. The title of "Ma Genan Photographer" is the highest title that photographers look forward to, and it is "the first photography group in the world" and a "sacred group".

Bresson also tried the "experimental film" and filmed the first documentary in 1937, which recorded the real situation of foreign medical assistance during the Spanish Civil War. His film works include Picnics, Competition Rules and Movies.

Bresson used the least photographic equipment, which was related to his realistic style. He didn't want to attract attention. Its photos do not depend on special equipment and technology. He usually uses a 35mm head-up camera and a 50mmf2 lens to shoot, and the shooting method is still natural and true.

He never uses an extra light source such as a flash. He prefers to use high-speed film when the light is insufficient. He always tries to minimize subjectivity and show people the moments of objective existence.