Other Life Aspirations of Cartier-Bresson

Henri-Cartier Bresson took many of his pictures on a whim, when he saw something he thought was worth taking a picture of.

This is, of course, as opposed to a planned shoot. His pictures have many graceful, dancer-like qualities to them. Some of these qualities include: tension, balance and surprise. His photos are also often described as surprising abstractions. He describes himself as a photojournalist, but he is so much more. He got a lot of his influence from studying painting with Andre Lhote. His photos solve visual problems the eye didn't even know it was having.

Henri always seems to have a camera around his neck, ready to take a picture of anything that catches his eye.