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Henri Cartier-Bresson shaped the field of photography with his lively, candid black-and-white pictures, which embraced documentarian intimacy and poetic dynamism. His concept of the “decisive moment,” in which photographers must snap their shutters at the exact right time to achieve the ideal shot, was particularly influential among photojournalism and street photography circles. Cartier-Bresson studied literature for a year at the University of Cambridge and began experimenting with photography on trips to Europe, the Ivory Coast, and Mexico. After World War II, Cartier-Bresson founded the major photography cooperative Magnum Photos alongside fellow photography icons Robert Capa, George Rodger, and David "Chim" Seymour. He has exhibited in London, New York, Paris, Mexico City, Zürich, and Tokyo. His work belongs in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Museum of Modern Art, the International Center of Photography, the Victoria and Albert Museum, and the J. Paul Getty Museum. In addition to his photography, Cartier-Bresson produced a number of drawings, paintings, and films.

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Represented by industry leading galleries.
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Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
Selected exhibitions
2018
Photography As A Weapon Of ClassCentre Pompidou
2017
Christian DiorLes Arts Décoratifs
Henri Cartier-Bresson: India in Full FrameRubin Museum of Art
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Man Praying at the Foot of Buddha, Sri Lanka, 1949 / 1960s

Silver print unmounted
7 7/8 × 11 3/4 in
20 × 29.8 cm
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US$8,000
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Title and reproduction marks and notes in pencil on verso. The image is in the collection of the …

Medium
Signature
Stamped by artist's estate, With photographer's blue stamp on verso.
Certificate of authenticity
Included (issued by gallery)
Frame
Not included
Image rights
© Henri Cartier-Bresson/Magnum Photos.
Price ranges of small photographs by Henri Cartier-Bresson
Learn more
Browse works in this category
$7,600–$8,550
This work
$0
$20,900+

Henri Cartier-Bresson shaped the field of photography with his lively, candid black-and-white pictures, which embraced documentarian intimacy and poetic dynamism. His concept of the “decisive moment,” in which photographers must snap their shutters at the exact right time to achieve the ideal shot, was particularly influential among photojournalism and street photography circles. Cartier-Bresson studied literature for a year at the University of Cambridge and began experimenting with photography on trips to Europe, the Ivory Coast, and Mexico. After World War II, Cartier-Bresson founded the major photography cooperative Magnum Photos alongside fellow photography icons Robert Capa, George Rodger, and David "Chim" Seymour. He has exhibited in London, New York, Paris, Mexico City, Zürich, and Tokyo. His work belongs in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Museum of Modern Art, the International Center of Photography, the Victoria and Albert Museum, and the J. Paul Getty Museum. In addition to his photography, Cartier-Bresson produced a number of drawings, paintings, and films.

Established
Represented by industry leading galleries.
Collected by a major museum
Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
Selected exhibitions (3)
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