The Decisive Moment: Photography of Henri Cartier-Bresson

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Overview

Cartier-Bresson’s concept of the “decisive moment” ― a split second that reveals the larger truth of a situation ― shaped modern street photography and set the stage for hundreds of photojournalists to bring the world into living rooms through magazines.

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Book details & editions

ISBN	6048685
Publisher	Simon and Schuster
Publication date	January 1952
Language	English
Pages	160 pages

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Henri Cartier-Bresson

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