Henri Cartier-Bresson
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 21 years ago |
| Date of birth | August 22,1908 |
| Zodiac sign | Leo |
| Born | Chanteloup-en-Brie |
| France | |
| Date of died | August 3,2004 |
| Died | Cereste |
| France | |
| Artworks | Seville, Spain |
| Roman Amphitheater, Valencia, Spain | |
| On view | San Francisco Museum of Modern Art |
| SCAD Museum of Art | |
| Job | Photographer |
| Journalist | |
| Painter | |
| Film director | |
| Screenwriter | |
| Spouse | Martine Franck |
| Ratna Mohini | |
| Children | Mélanie Cartier-Bresson |
| Movies/Shows | Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Impassioned Eye |
| The Decisive Moment | |
| Works | Behind the Gare Saint‑Lazare |
| Rue Mouffetard, Paris | |
| Seville, Spain | |
| Celebration, Mexico City | |
| Parents | André Cartier-Bresson |
| Marthe Leverdier | |
| Books | The Decisive Moment |
| Henri Cartier Bresson, Photographer | |
| The Mind's Eye: Writings on Photography and Photographers | |
| Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Modern Century | |
| Awards | Hasselblad Award |
| Education | University of Cambridge |
| Lycée Condorcet | |
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| ID | 2041531 |
Henri Cartier-Bresson Life story
Henri Cartier-Bresson was a French artist and humanist photographer considered a master of candid photography, and an early user of 35mm film. He pioneered the genre of street photography, and viewed photography as capturing a decisive moment. Cartier-Bresson was one of the founding members of Magnum Photos in 1947.