And no photographs taken with the aid of flashlight either, if only out of respect of the actual lightโeven when there isn't any of it.
Henri Cartier-BressonI am a pack of nerves while waiting for the moment, and this feeling grows and grows and grows and then it explodes, it is a physical joy, a dance, space and time united. Yes, yes, yes, yes!
Henri Cartier-BressonThe difference between a good picture and a mediocre picture is a question of millimeters - small, small differences - but itโs essential. I didnโt think there is such a big difference between photographers. Very little difference. But it is that little difference that counts, maybe
Henri Cartier-BressonThinking should be done before and after, not during photographing. Success depends on the extent of one's general culture. one's set of values, one's clarity of mind one's vivacity. The thing to be feared most is the artificially contrived, the contrary to life.
Henri Cartier-BressonThere is no closed figure in nature. Every shape participates with another. No one thing is independent of another, and one thing rhymes with another, and light gives them shape.
Henri Cartier-BressonI'm not responsible for my photographs. Photography is not documentary, but intuition, a poetic experience. It's drowning yourself, dissolving yourself, and then sniff, sniff, sniff - being sensitive to coincidence. You can't go looking for it; you can't want it, or you won't get it. First you must lose your self. Then it happens.
Henri Cartier-Bresson