Wednesday, February 9, 2011

11.393 HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON

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  1. FRENCH PHOTOGRAPHER FATHER OF PHOTOJOURNALISM. DEVELOP THE STREET PHOTOGRAPHY, OR REAL LIFE REPORTAGE. PHOTOGRAPH THINGS AS THEY ARE. WITH ROBERT CAPA DAVID SEYMOR, AND GEORGE RODGER FOUNDED MAGNUM PHOTOS. MAGNUM'S MISSION WAS TO FEEL THE PULSE" OF THE TIMES. COVERAGE OF GANDHI’S FUNERAL IN INDIA IN 1948. AND THE LAST (1949) STAGE OF THE CHINESE CIVIL WAR. HE COVERED THE LAST SIX MONTHS OF THE KUOMINTANG ADMINISTRATION AND THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THE MAOIST PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC. HE ALSO PHOTOGRAPHED THE LAST SURVIVING IMPERIAL EUNUCHS IN BEIJING, AS THE CITY WAS FALLING TO THE COMMUNISTS. FROM CHINA, HE WENT ON TO DUTC EAST INDIES (NOW INDONESIA), WHERE HE DOCUMENTED THE GAINING OF INDEPENDENCE FROM THE DUTCH. THE LITTLE HUMAN DETAIL CAN BECOME A LEITMOTIF.

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