The decisive moment

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62 years after it was first published, a new edition of Henri Cartier-Bresson's masterpiece The Decisive Moment is coming

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From "The Decisive Moment" (1947) collection and book by Magnum Photos photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson. This black and white photograph captures a man sitting in an alleyway of downtown Manhattan, New York City. View more famous photos from "The Decisive Moment" collection by Henri Cartier-Bresson by clicking on the above link. #blackandwhitephotography #peoplephotography #HenriCartierBressonDecisiveMoment #newyorkcityphotography #newyorkcityaesthetic #newyorkaesthetic…

Henri Cartier-Bresson. Behind the Gare St. Lazare. 1932. Gelatin silver print, printed 1950s. 13 7/8 × 9 1/2" (35.2 × 24.1 cm). Gift of the artist, by exchange. 249.2005. © 2025 Henri Cartier-Bresson/Magnum Photos, courtesy Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson, Paris. Photography

This Post is the continuation to our previous article on "Decisive Moments - Color Edition. Just to repeat some of the key points, nothing is expected nor staged and then all of a sudden something surprising

I have a background in black and white photography – using actual film and processing in a darkroom. The entire first year of my two year college photography program was spent doing black and white photography only, nothing else. I came to love working in the darkroom and seeing the image appear on the paper […]

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