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Henri Cartier-Bresson was a pioneer of street phootgraphy, composing images in the camera's viewfinder as opposed to cropping the image in the darkroom. Always working in black-and-white, he is noted for capturing candid moments with an interest in the unfamiliar. He spent three decades on assigmnet for Life Magazine and othe journals, covering important events in world history as well as major political, artistic, and literary figures.
Source: DMAC News Jan Feb Mar Apri 2022
DimensionsSheet (/image): 6 5/8 × 9 7/8 in. (16.8 × 25.1 cm)
Accession Number 2021.23
Classificationsphotograph
InscriptionsTitled and with the artist's credit/agency stamps on the verso
ProvenanceJeff Perry, New York [acquired by 2014]; Des Moines Art Center [gift of the previous, 2021]
