"For me, the camera is a sketchbook, an instrument of intuition and spontaneity, the master of the instant which in visual terms, questions and decides simultaneously. In order to give a meaning to the world, one must feel involved with what one singles out through the viewfinder. This attitude requires concentration, sensitivity, a discipline of mind and a sense of geometry. 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. For me photography is to place one's head, heart and eye along the same line of sight."
~ Henri Cartier-Bresson.
~ Henri Cartier-Bresson.
5 comments:
Obviously he didn't have a digital camera with no viewfinder.
Also, I prefer the point-and-get-lucky theory of photography. It's always done me well.
Except that he was one of the greatest photographers of the past Century, so however good your pics may be on the point and get lucky theory, they can't really compare!
(no offense meant of course!)
Tsk tsk
check out Edward Steichen's works (if you have not already).
Thanks, I haven't and i will!
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