Henri Cartier-Bresson

French Photographer · 1908–2004

35 works on LinkedCulture

"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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Works

Baseball is an Integral Part of Family Life

Baseball is an Integral Part of Family Life

Getty Museum · 1957

[Brie, France]

[Brie, France]

Getty Museum · May–June 1968

Bus Line-up in Washington, D.C. Everyday, Promptly at 4:30 p.m., Some 450,000 Federal Government Employees Queue for Busses and Trolleys to Take Them Home.

Bus Line-up in Washington, D.C. Everyday, Promptly at 4:30 p.m., Some 450,000 Federal Government Employees Queue for Busses and Trolleys to Take Them Home.

Getty Museum · 1957

[Bus stop and building facade]

[Bus stop and building facade]

Getty Museum · 1967

Cattle Stockyards in Houston, Texas

Cattle Stockyards in Houston, Texas

Getty Museum · 1957

[Children playing]

[Children playing]

Getty Museum · 1967

[Children's Party at Draveil, France]

[Children's Party at Draveil, France]

Getty Museum · about 1955–1958

[Construction site]

[Construction site]

Getty Museum · 1967

[Construction site]

[Construction site]

Getty Museum · 1967

[Consult (EZ) Immeubles sign]

[Consult (EZ) Immeubles sign]

Getty Museum · 1967

[Five College Students Surveying]

[Five College Students Surveying]

Getty Museum · 1967

[Four women at a formal dinner]

[Four women at a formal dinner]

Getty Museum · 1967

[Girls in Parade]

[Girls in Parade]

Getty Museum · 1967

[Group in formal dress]

[Group in formal dress]

Getty Museum · 1967

Horse Racing at Miami's Hialeah Race Track, Whose Famous Trademark is the Herd of Pink Flamingoes Stalking about the Race Paddock

Horse Racing at Miami's Hialeah Race Track, Whose Famous Trademark is the Herd of Pink Flamingoes Stalking about the Race Paddock

Getty Museum · 1957

[House on flatbed trailer]

[House on flatbed trailer]

Getty Museum · 1967

[Landscape]

[Landscape]

Getty Museum · 1967

[Legislature]

[Legislature]

Getty Museum · 1967

[Legislature]

[Legislature]

Getty Museum · 1967

Loading Flour in Houston's Port

Loading Flour in Houston's Port

Getty Museum · 1957

[Man Smoking a Cigar While Sketching Outdoors]

[Man Smoking a Cigar While Sketching Outdoors]

Getty Museum · 1967

[River Landscape]

[River Landscape]

Getty Museum · 1967

Seville, Spain

Seville, Spain

Getty Museum · negative 1933; print about 1935

[Statue and trees]

[Statue and trees]

Getty Museum · 1967

[Stock market]

[Stock market]

Getty Museum · 1967

[Street scene]

[Street scene]

Getty Museum · 1967

[Street view from staircase]

[Street view from staircase]

Getty Museum · 1967

[The Coronation of George VI] / [Trafalgar Square on the Day of the Coronation of George VI, London, Great Britain] / [Waiting in Trafalgar Square for the Coronation Parade of King George VI]

[The Coronation of George VI] / [Trafalgar Square on the Day of the Coronation of George VI, London, Great Britain] / [Waiting in Trafalgar Square for the Coronation Parade of King George VI]

Getty Museum · May 12, 1937

[Two women]

[Two women]

Getty Museum · 1967

[Women and girls at a formal luncheon]

[Women and girls at a formal luncheon]

Getty Museum · 1967

[Women at a formal luncheon]

[Women at a formal luncheon]

Getty Museum · 1967

[Women at a formal luncheon]

[Women at a formal luncheon]

Getty Museum · 1967

[Women at a formal luncheon]

[Women at a formal luncheon]

Getty Museum · 1967

[Women in hats and overcoats]

[Women in hats and overcoats]

Getty Museum · 1967

[Wooded islands]

[Wooded islands]

Getty Museum · 1967