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Consecration To Knowledge - a major event each year, for parents, is the graduation of their children from universities and schools. Parents empty their pocketbooks to give their children a better education than they had.
Creator
Henri Cartier-BressonFrench Photographer · 1908–2004
All works by this person →"I was never deeply interested in photography as such...My great passion is pressing the trigger of the shutter: an instant, intuitive drawing," Henri Cartier-Bresson once remarked. In a 1996 interview in conjunction with an exhibition of his drawings in New York City, he stated that he has never considered himself a photographer but rather a draftsman. Although he still continues to produce and e
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- 1957
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Culture
- French
- Department
- Photographs
- Institution
- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- a34c74c2-fe71-4862-b03f-f93aa0a8a234
A crowd of people are seated at a graduation ceremony at Colombia University. An older couple are standing, in front of them a woman wearing a black dress leans over to talk to young boy while pointing at the stage.
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