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The Decisive Moment

book by Cartier-Bresson

Also known as: “Images à la sauvette”

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In Henri Cartier-Bresson
…and perhaps the best known, Images à la sauvette, contains what is probably Cartier-Bresson’s most comprehensive and important statement on the meaning, technique, and utility of photography. The title refers to a central idea in his work—the decisive moment—the elusive instant when, with brilliant clarity, the appearance of the subject…
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