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Article: Master of the moment: Sadanand Menon pays tribute to the great French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson--and marks his connection with India.(Essay)
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- New Internationalist
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- October 1, 2004
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No artist/journalist in living memory so epitomized the camera's extraordinary affinity to the gun in its ability to draw-and-shoot and 'hunt reality' as Henri Cartier-Bresson. The work of the French legend illustrates that genre of photography now famous as 'the decisive moment', drawing attention to the legendary instantaneity of his photographic method.
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Cartier-Bresson quickly became famous as the hunter of the 'instant'. The American edition of his book Image a la Sauvette (a quick image taken without authorization) was titled Decisive Momenl--an expression originally attributed to the 17th century French writer Cardinal Retz. ...