always loved Cartier Bresson, this video puts a lot of his thinking about the moment. gives a good understanding regards photography without all the bells and whistles of equipment.Great.
Every time I see the work of HCB it warms my heart. It makes me want to take my camera and go out. He will always be that genius that shaped the world silently
Absolutely love how informative and well put this video is! Didn't want the video to end! The works of Henri Cartier Bresson is just breathtaking and mind-blowing! Totally in love 😍 And thank you so much for the fact sheet!
Thanks a ton for doing this video. Really love how you've taken us on this short journey through Bresson's life and work. Just what I was looking for to get me started. Gawd Bless Yer.
I have just subscribed to your site, this video about Bresson is wonderful and your narrative is respectful and informative. Bresson was a true master and sadly we will never see his like again.
His first camera was a Leica i. The camera you showed is a Leica iii, much later and more advanced than his Leica i. The Leica i did not have a coupled rangefinder and you had to guess the distance that your subject was away from you to focus the camera, you then dial that guessed distance on the lens itself. He took most of his great pictures on his Leica i before he moved onto the Leica ii iii and M3.
Thank you! This tutorial is quite inspiring, I have photographed for 20+ years and known of HC-Bresson, but this is refreshing to say the least. Thanks
This is the best review I heard on Cartier Bresson the reason I immersed myself into photojournalism. Thank you very much for the video. Keep up the good work.
H.C-B was my greatest inspiration, I've a small, white Aperture book on him. Then over a decade later I acquired a much bigger Thames & Hudson publication and finally his book entitled 'the man, the image, the world' My in-depth research on him revealed his camera to be a 1953 Leica rangefinder, vision through the viewfinder rather than an SLR, through the lens. With a cloth film plane shutter, rather than your noisy retractable mirror. Then I waited a month of our Weekly Trading Post, till that model 1953 rangefinder Leica turned up, it was worth the $850-. Being quiet was advantageous with portraits, as it was the most discrete camera. Superior to my four prior Nikons, starting with a pre loved Nikkormat Ftn I'd acquired in '69. Lastly prior to that quintessential Leica, a Nikon FE2 ! Toeknee Chestnut
As a republican Englishman I have to say that’s one of the best commentaries on HCB I heard. My favourite image is the little boy with the two bottles and the look of pride on his face, I've never seen an image that tells the story that one does. It may be because I’m of a generation where I could identify with the boy. I noticed on one of the images there was the Magnum logo and the image was 11 years older than the agency is. There’s no doubt about Capa's skills, but was the subject of his most famous image falling? Waving his comrades on? Or shot just at that moment. Although Capa did die through walking on a land mine in Vietnam, it wasn’t the Vietnam war we all know but the French Vietnam war. A massive sweeping statement, but I think you have to appreciate how good HCB was to full appreciate and understand Photography. It was when HCB was at Cambridge in the late 1920s that he first realised what great subjects the English make mainly because of their eccentricities. He always used Ilford HP5 (not plus) which the modern version the HP5 plus is my favourite film, I also use it in a rangefinder so does that make me as good as HCB?
The School of Photography One quick question, the camera on your t shirt has the shape of a FED5 but the layout of one of the obscure Leicas like the M246 (I only remember it because it’s easy), which is it? Please don’t disappoint me and say it’s a M9.
The way you become a good photographer is you dont just watch these videos and do exactly astold or what they do, you experiment, you try it yourself, you mess around with the lightings and colors and other settings and you take the time, boom you get good stuff. Also dont always do like the wild nature landscapes, snow caps, glaciers, deseert, african jungle animals stuff like most people do, its gods gift of nature, not your talent if you get a spectacular image of the dust in desert or creatures, just go try yourself some pretty images of unique views in urban life, or even your home, the view out the window, the balcony, standing on top of roof, a street, neon signs, a river, etc
That's awesome .. substantial, educational and enjoyable too!! . please keep doing such great reviews. Thank you 😊 we are waiting! Actually I hope we could know more about Margaret bourke white 👍
His photographs are amazing. It is sad to think that if he started shooting at present in the age of Instagram, Twitter and Facebook, he would likely receive little recognition for his work.
What's truly sad is your comment that says SO much about more about you than anything else. There is a distinct difference in getting work published on merit vs. social medie... #Duhhh
Very nice and concise story on the life and work of HCB. One comment, though, to set history straight, Robert Capa died after stepping on land mine in 1954 while covering for Life Magazine the First Indo-China War (better known as "Indo-China War" against the French) and not not during the Second Indo-China Was (better known as "Vietnam War" against the Americans).
+Jose Monserrate thanks Jose appreciate the comments. If you want to support us here at TSOP I would really appreciate a share of this video with your friends :) thanks
Hello... nice video... The picture where you see the women in black... according to a book I have was not made in Paris... It should be L'AQUILA in Italy.
Cartier-Bresson had all his shapes in place (his composition) and all he had to do was to wait for life to appear. Is this photography? I think it is just art that is stunning and interesting.
Hi! Yes, I confirm that one was taken in Scanno in Italy. I'm Italian and I've been in that place. Also the picture with the man on the bicycle and the stairs was taken in Scanno in Italy.
This video is great. One thing distracted me, though - the shaky computer monitor. It is REALLY annoying and ruins the whole experience. I respectfully suggest that you either use a more steady monitor or put it out of the picture.
I just wonder the fact that he basically had nothing to do with the work apart from taking the picture that's now being presented to us. Are we sure it's what he visualised regarding the final product. I read somewhere he never ever looked at his negatives which kind of detracts from his status. Great images no doubt.
The truth is if I would have taken this photo at 15.20 Alberto Giacometti, it would have been crap, slated because of the tree in the foreground (and you know it), subject in centre of the frame etc etc. But because it was taken by Bresson its genius, its not genius its an average photo, people have told you it is and you believe it, you won't question it because your worried that your piers will say
I too think he is a genius, I can look at his work all day. I believe he only used his Leicas with the standard 50mm lens. and looking at his work I see no reason not to believe that.
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Really enjoyed this. I thought I knew a lot about Cartier-Bresson, my favorite photographer, but I learned even more by your video. Thanks!
You're welcome 😊
always loved Cartier Bresson, this video puts a lot of his thinking about the moment. gives a good understanding regards photography without all the bells and whistles of equipment.Great.
Thank you😊
13:50 is Hyeres
Gare St Lazare is the one with the man jumping over puddles
Every time I see the work of HCB it warms my heart. It makes me want to take my camera and go out. He will always be that genius that shaped the world silently
Absolutely love how informative and well put this video is! Didn't want the video to end! The works of Henri Cartier Bresson is just breathtaking and mind-blowing! Totally in love 😍 And thank you so much for the fact sheet!
You're welcome 👍
You made me understand for the first time what exactly is the decisive moment.
This man is a genius you don’t have to move you could wait till life appears
Great quote
The way you narrate the story is so enjoyable. thank you. big help for my research about Cartier-bresson.
Thanks 👍
He's a beautiful storyteller, I had to reload it!!
I learned to photograph by looking at his books... over and over. He really was the greatest ever.
👍👌
Thanks a ton for doing this video. Really love how you've taken us on this short journey through Bresson's life and work. Just what I was looking for to get me started. Gawd Bless Yer.
You're welcome Vaibhav, gawd bless yer 😊
Still a great video as time goes on (a timeless subject as it is), thanks for sharing your enthusiasm!
Thank you for the video. Just please note that the picture shown at 17.14 was not made in Paris. It was made in Italy, Abruzzo region.
Thank you for your inspiring video, very informative and you are a good storyteller with great analysis of the photos
Thank you for this great video! I wouldn't know why, but I smiled right from the start till the end while watching this...
Glad you enjoyed it!
I have just subscribed to your site, this video about Bresson is wonderful and your narrative is respectful and informative. Bresson was a true master and sadly we will never see his like again.
Thanks, glad to have you on board 👍
You are a great storyteller - really engaging and a great way to start my research thank you
You're welcome
His first camera was a Leica i. The camera you showed is a Leica iii, much later and more advanced than his Leica i. The Leica i did not have a coupled rangefinder and you had to guess the distance that your subject was away from you to focus the camera, you then dial that guessed distance on the lens itself.
He took most of his great pictures on his Leica i before he moved onto the Leica ii iii and M3.
Cheers James 👍
True. I still use cameras like that, where you have to guess. Strangely enough the images are usually sharp, or sharp enough.
Thank you! This tutorial is quite inspiring, I have photographed for 20+ years and known of HC-Bresson, but this is refreshing to say the least. Thanks
You're welcome Kevin 👍
Very nice to learn about this legend!
This is the best review I heard on Cartier Bresson the reason I immersed myself into photojournalism. Thank you very much for the video. Keep up the good work.
I’ve just acquired 2 posters of Cartier Bresson. I found your video very informative and interesting. Thank you very much!
Thank you for the comments, glad you found it helped 😊
Great video well done, he was certainly a great photographer and one we should all take to our hearts.
Absolutely :)
Awesome stuff! Thanks for your time and effort. Enjoyed it.
We do obsess over the type of camera,but to be there,and ready is of overriding importance.
Certainly is Malcolm, thanks 👍
H.C-B was my greatest inspiration, I've a small, white Aperture book on him. Then over a decade later I acquired a much bigger Thames & Hudson publication and finally his book entitled 'the man, the image, the world' My in-depth research on him revealed his camera to be a 1953 Leica rangefinder, vision through the viewfinder rather than an SLR, through the lens. With a cloth film plane shutter, rather than your noisy retractable mirror. Then I waited a month of our Weekly Trading Post, till that model 1953 rangefinder Leica turned up, it was worth the $850-. Being quiet was advantageous with portraits, as it was the most discrete camera. Superior to my four prior Nikons, starting with a pre loved Nikkormat Ftn I'd acquired in '69. Lastly prior to that quintessential Leica, a Nikon FE2 ! Toeknee Chestnut
+Tony Wilmers he is a genius with a camera :) thanks
i'm just started to learn ata photography school, and this's really helped me on a work i had to do on this briliant guy! Thanks! :)
+zohar moyal thanks Zohar, appreciate the feedback 😊
Excellent lesson, great execution!
Glad you liked it!
Just discovered this having searched for HCB. This came up top of the list. Great video and lovely details on his works. Subbed and liked!
As a republican Englishman I have to say that’s one of the best commentaries on HCB I heard. My favourite image is the little boy with the two bottles and the look of pride on his face, I've never seen an image that tells the story that one does. It may be because I’m of a generation where I could identify with the boy.
I noticed on one of the images there was the Magnum logo and the image was 11 years older than the agency is. There’s no doubt about Capa's skills, but was the subject of his most famous image falling? Waving his comrades on? Or shot just at that moment. Although Capa did die through walking on a land mine in Vietnam, it wasn’t the Vietnam war we all know but the French Vietnam war.
A massive sweeping statement, but I think you have to appreciate how good HCB was to full appreciate and understand Photography. It was when HCB was at Cambridge in the late 1920s that he first realised what great subjects the English make mainly because of their eccentricities. He always used Ilford HP5 (not plus) which the modern version the HP5 plus is my favourite film, I also use it in a rangefinder so does that make me as good as HCB?
+Mark Harris thanks for the comments :)
The School of Photography One quick question, the camera on your t shirt has the shape of a FED5 but the layout of one of the obscure Leicas like the M246 (I only remember it because it’s easy), which is it? Please don’t disappoint me and say it’s a M9.
Very interesting, educative and informative. Thank you! Really enjoyed the review )
You're welcome Nataliya, glad you liked it 👍
Thank you so much! It's a great video!
A big thank you for this video. A beautiful and very insightful introduction to the work of the genius HCB
Thanks, glad you liked it 😊
Very nice video my friend, lovely pictures and info about a great human being. Thank you .
Glad you enjoyed it
The way you become a good photographer is you dont just watch these videos and do exactly astold or what they do, you experiment, you try it yourself, you mess around with the lightings and colors and other settings and you take the time, boom you get good stuff. Also dont always do like the wild nature landscapes, snow caps, glaciers, deseert, african jungle animals stuff like most people do, its gods gift of nature, not your talent if you get a spectacular image of the dust in desert or creatures, just go try yourself some pretty images of unique views in urban life, or even your home, the view out the window, the balcony, standing on top of roof, a street, neon signs, a river, etc
Wonderful class
Great Video on my favorite photographer!
Thanks, glad you liked it 👍
great to watch what ;lucid language you did put in it entered through my head and heart , thanks alot,await more to come
Thanks, glad you liked it 👍
Thanks for this great overview of my fav: HCB!
That's awesome .. substantial, educational and enjoyable too!! . please keep doing such great reviews. Thank you 😊 we are waiting!
Actually I hope we could know more about Margaret bourke white 👍
Noted 👍😊
That was a great video!! Thank yoouuu 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
You're so welcome! 🙏
Excellent overview of the artist. Thank you for sharing!
You're welcome, glad you liked it :)
Thanks. I really enjoyed this video.
Glad you enjoyed it!
You did a great job.
Thanks 👍
Great video, very expertly explained
Glad you enjoyed it!
So enlightening ! Thanks ! Please do more such videos :)
More to come! 😊
Great video, very helpful with my Master degree. Thanks
Thanks and good luck with the degree 👍
His photographs are amazing. It is sad to think that if he started shooting at present in the age of Instagram, Twitter and Facebook, he would likely receive little recognition for his work.
Very true 👍
#BS
#BS
What's truly sad is your comment that says SO much about more about you than anything else. There is a distinct difference in getting work published on merit vs. social medie... #Duhhh
Very nice and concise story on the life and work of HCB. One comment, though, to set history straight, Robert Capa died after stepping on land mine in 1954 while covering for Life Magazine the First Indo-China War (better known as "Indo-China War" against the French) and not not during the Second Indo-China Was (better known as "Vietnam War" against the Americans).
Thanks Paul
Very informative! Thank you 🙏🏾
Glad it was helpful!
Would love to see a whole series of these! How about Margaret Bourke-White?
+Mason Chane that is a great idea, and one I'm actually working on. Keep it tuned for more soon :)
Superb thanks 🙏
sometimes i get emotional watching the photographs of HCB ,he was such a genius
+GertJan van der Kooij he certainly was :)
loved this!!
+Jose Monserrate thanks Jose appreciate the comments. If you want to support us here at TSOP I would really appreciate a share of this video with your friends :) thanks
Interesting video. thanks!
No problem 👍
Great video!!
Glad you enjoyed it
thank you for this video.. amazing video
+Andrei Amodia thanks, glad you liked it 😊
What a wonderful video. Gawd bless yer 📸🙂
Thanks Chris 👍
The famos jumping man over a puddle is cropped. Nothing wrong with that. Such a great person he was. Thank you for the nice narration.
Ty for this
Very interesting. But at minute 17:00 it's not Paris, 1954 but L'Aquila, Italy, 1951 :-)
Yes I know, my mistake there! Thanks
Could that be annotated on the video? I nearly added it to a list of places to look for in Paris 🙂
This was helpful
You're welcome 😊
Thank you!
You're welcome! 😊
I have a picture i took, which i wanna send. How do i send you?
Please tag #theschoolofphotography1 on Instagram 👍
I loved it….. thanks
Glad you enjoyed it 😊
Thankyou. Immensly informative
You're welcome Trudie :)
Hello... nice video... The picture where you see the women in black... according to a book I have was not made in Paris... It should be L'AQUILA in Italy.
Hi Tony, yes I know, I made a mistake in the video! Thanks
@@theschoolofphotography it's alright... I make mistakes too... very nice video though!
My god, I don't care what you talk about. I'll gladly listen to your accent no matter what. It's a bonus I love photography. Great content too.
Thanks 😊
Cartier-Bresson had all his shapes in place (his composition) and all he had to do was to wait for life to appear. Is this photography? I think it is just art that is stunning and interesting.
Any updates in 2022?
Great! But the Picture With the pigeon (1954) is not from Paris, but from Scanno in Italy, I think.
+Knut-Inge Johnsen you could be right there Knut, thanks for the correction
Hi! Yes, I confirm that one was taken in Scanno in Italy. I'm Italian and I've been in that place. Also the picture with the man on the bicycle and the stairs was taken in Scanno in Italy.
@@barbaradimaio856 The photograph with the man on the bicycle was shot in Hyères, southern France
This video is great. One thing distracted me, though - the shaky computer monitor. It is REALLY annoying and ruins the whole experience. I respectfully suggest that you either use a more steady monitor or put it out of the picture.
I just wonder the fact that he basically had nothing to do with the work apart from taking the picture that's now being presented to us. Are we sure it's what he visualised regarding the final product. I read somewhere he never ever looked at his negatives which kind of detracts from his status. Great images no doubt.
Thank you so much!
👍
The truth is if I would have taken this photo at 15.20 Alberto Giacometti, it would have been crap, slated because of the tree in the foreground (and you know it), subject in centre of the frame etc etc. But because it was taken by Bresson its genius, its not genius its an average photo, people have told you it is and you believe it, you won't question it because your worried that your piers will say
Great video :)
Thanks Phil, really glad you liked it 👍
Very good video
Thanks 👍
silver nitrate at its best
Superb
Thanks 🤗
thank you. would you please put in Turkish subtitles? very nice but easier to watch ✌️
You're welcome :)
As a diabetic I had to stop watching this video because the sugar overload was too much and I was afraid I would go into a coma.
Vielen Dank-toll !
All the french "Humanist photographers" were great to me ...
Frank Horvat , Marc Riboud , Willy Ronis , Doisneau , Edouard Bouba ..........
3:19 wow
35mm prime len, master can use prime len to get great photo
nice
Thanks Terence
I too think he is a genius, I can look at his work all day. I believe he only used his Leicas with the standard 50mm lens. and looking at his work I see no reason not to believe that.
beauty
Thanks 😊
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3:06 i believe its smoke from the cigaret he is holding in his right hand.
this guy sounds just like russell brand
Pronounced phonetically Carti Bresso
"Balanced perfectly in the left Fird"