Henri Cartier-Bresson

This is a photographer that I had not heard of until class. After the video I was amazed that he was unknown to me. His photography is not only well known and beautiful, but it is historically important. Henri Cartier-Bresson traveled the world taking photographs, but what really amazed me was that he photographed the last days and death of Mahatma Gandhi. Although both he and Annie Leibovitz both specialize in portraits, Henri Cartier-Bresson does not photograph the famous. He photographs the everyday and the impoverished. His photographs are more striking because you do not recognize the person in the picture but you can associate with whatever emotion the picture conveys.