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HENRI Cartier-Bresson, who died in France this week at the age of 95, elevated photojournalism into an art form, and was instrumental in inspiring the incredible rise of photography during the 20th century from peripheral to a dominant visual medium.
He coined the phrase "the decisive moment" to describe the point at which all the elements of an otherwise ordinary scene fell into place, making the everyday extraordinary. It was his remarkable talent for capturing such moments with humanity and compassion, and in situations as diverse as a quiet Paris back-street to a Mexican brothel or a war zone that his reputation was built upon.See the full content of this document
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Cartier-Bresson's Decisive Moments
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