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Friday, February 03, 2023

AMAZING PHOTOGRAPHS...

 Man Jumping the Puddle – Henri Cartier-Bresson, 1932

The French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson took this famous photo behind the Saint-Lazare train station in Paris. Cartier-Bresson is known for coining the term “the decisive moment,” which refers to a photographer’s capacity to capture a subject at precisely the right instant and in doing so shattering normal life to retrieve a transcendent moment. The man jumping over the water can be compared to a dancer whose silhouette is reflected most gracefully in a puddle. 



7 comments:

  1. I wish I could photograph like that.

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  2. That is an incredible photo - taken at a time when cameras and photography were much less refined (and accessible).

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  3. That's an excellent shot.

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  4. That's cool!! (When's the last time someone said something was "cool"? But it really IS cool.

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  5. Wow...talk about timing!
    hugs
    Donna

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  6. He was a master at his craft.

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