To photograph is to hold one's breath, when all faculties converge to capture fleeting reality. It's at that precise moment that mastering an image becomes a great physical and intellectual joy.

Quote by Henri Cartier-Bresson

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Above all, I craved to seize the whole essence, in the confines of one single...

Above all, I craved to seize the whole essence, in the confines of one single...

Photographers deal in things which are continually vanishing and when they have vanished there is...

Photographers deal in things which are continually vanishing and when they have vanished there is...

To take photographs means to recognize - simultaneously and within a fraction of a second...

$To take photographs means to recognize - simultaneously and within a fraction of a second...$

During the work, you have to be sure that you haven't left any holes, that...

During the work, you have to be sure that you haven't left any holes, that...

Actually, I'm not all that interested in the subject of photography. Once the picture is...

Actually, I'm not all that interested in the subject of photography. Once the picture is...

Memory is very important, the memory of each photo taken, flowing at the same speed...

Memory is very important, the memory of each photo taken, flowing at the same speed...

Think about the photo before and after, never during. The secret is to take your...

Think about the photo before and after, never during. The secret is to take your...

During the work, you have to be sure that you haven't left any holes, that...

During the work, you have to be sure that you haven't left any holes, that...

We photographers deal in things which are continually vanishing, and when they have vanished there...

We photographers deal in things which are continually vanishing, and when they have vanished there...

The creative act lasts but a brief moment, a lightning instant of give-and-take, just long...

The creative act lasts but a brief moment, a lightning instant of give-and-take, just long...

Above all, I craved to seize the whole essence, in the confines of one single...

Above all, I craved to seize the whole essence, in the confines of one single...

Actually, I'm not all that interested in the subject of photography. Once the picture is...

Actually, I'm not all that interested in the subject of photography. Once the picture is...

The most difficult thing for me is a portrait. You have to try and put...

The most difficult thing for me is a portrait. You have to try and put...

The photograph itself doesn't interest me. I want only to capture a minute part of...

The photograph itself doesn't interest me. I want only to capture a minute part of...

Photography is an immediate reaction, drawing is a meditation.

Photography is an immediate reaction, drawing is a meditation.

In photography, the smallest thing can be a great subject. The little, human detail can...

In photography, the smallest thing can be a great subject. The little, human detail can...

To me, photography is the simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a second, of the...

$To me, photography is the simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a second, of the...$

What is Art? It is the response of man's creative soul to the call of...

What is Art? It is the response of man's creative soul to the call of...

Politics has always been the art of the possible. Today it's too often the art...

Politics has always been the art of the possible. Today it's too often the art...

Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.

Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.