16 October 2008

Food for thought

An extremely famous image, taken by Henri Cartier-Bresson. "Behind the Gare Saint Lazare" (1932).

It gained it's note as one of his "decisive moment" shots, the idea being he caught the subject in the moment of decision, at that pivotal point, something either extreme luck or extreme patience must have played a part in.

Or did it?

Please note the poster in the background.

Could Bresson have studied this environment? Perhaps even chosen it? And why would this random man be jumping into the water anyway?

Question the established.

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