Cartier Bresson's impact assessment

Bresson, a shy and enthusiastic Frenchman, traveled around the world with his 35mm Lycra camera all his life. This kind of camera is very suitable for his casual and real shooting mode, and the small body makes it easy for the subject to ignore his existence. He never uses a flash and never retouches a picture, because he thinks that editing a photo will not help if its composition is defective. His photographic works witnessed all the major events in the 20th century, from the Spanish Civil War to the German occupation of France, the division of India, the Cultural Revolution in China, and the 1968 French student uprising. His theory of "instantaneous aesthetics" has influenced the media and images all over the world. During the period from 1944 to 1945, he took part in a photography team, specializing in shooting France under German occupation. He used photography as a means to expose fascist crimes. Photographed the liberation of Paris and described the joy of the French people. Magnum, founded by him, is the most influential and longest-running photography agency in the world, and has published works such as Decisive Moment, Europeans, Two China and Paris Island.