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Cartier-Bresson, Henri, 1908-2004

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Personal name headingCartier-Bresson, Henri, 1908-2004
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Variant(s)Bresson, Henri Cartier-, 1908-2004
Birth date1908-08-22
Death date2004-08-03
Place of birthChanteloup-en-Brie (France)
Place of deathProvence (France)
Field of activityPhotography Photojournalism
AffiliationMagnum Photos
Profession or occupationPhotographers
Found inhe photographs of Henri Cartier-Bresson, 1947.
CNN www home page, Aug. 4, 2004 (Henri Cartier-Bresson; b. Aug. 22, 1908; d. Aug. 2, 2004)
Yahoo! www home page, Aug. 4, 2004, in AP report (Henri Cartier-Bresson; d. morning of Aug. 3, 2004)
Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson WWW site, viewed June 3, 2013: biography page (born August 22, 1908 in Chanteloup, Seine-et-Marne; died August 3, 2004 in Provence; co-founder of Magnum Photos)
Wikipedia, May 13 ,2014 (Henri Cartier-Bresson; born August 22, 1908 in Chanteloup-en-Brie, France; died August 3, 2004 in Montjustin, France; photographer considered to be the father of photojournalism. He was an early adopter of 35 mm format, and the master of candid photography. He helped develop the street photography or life reportage style that was coined The Decisive Moment that has influenced generations of photographers who followed)