Cartier Bresson videos

[stunsworth]

Saw a link to this on Photo.net. Only seen a few minutes so far, but it looks interesting.

Henri Cartier Bresson in action.

In French, and not fantastic sound quality, but probably worth watching just to see how he worked.

[lct]

Thank you Steve.

QUOTE
J'ai trois objectifs, je dois avouer, quand je travaille.
Quand je ne travaille pas, j'ai juste un appareil avec un objectif normal 50mm.
J'aime mieux le format 24x36 du Leica, n'est-ce pas, le petit format, parce que la proportion est très bonne, n'est-ce pas, entre la largeur et la hauteur, il y a un jeu, n'est-ce pas, qui me satisfait.
Je n'aime pas le format carré parce qu'il y a une monotonie.
C'est plus intéressant de retrouver le format carré à l'intérieur du rectangle, comme en peinture n'est-ce pas, on trouve inscrit le carré à l'intérieur.
UNQUOTE

No translation for now sorry as i have still a bunch of exams to mark...
... n'est-ce pas (isn't it)

[FotoABC]

Originally Posted by lct

Thank you Steve.

QUOTE
J'ai trois objectifs, je dois avouer, quand je travaille.
Quand je ne travaille pas, j'ai juste un appareil avec un objectif normal 50mm.
J'aime mieux le format 24x36 du Leica, n'est-ce pas, le petit format, parce que la proportion est très bonne, n'est-ce pas, entre la largeur et la hauteur, il y a un jeu, n'est-ce pas, qui me satisfait.
Je n'aime pas le format carré parce qu'il y a une monotonie.
C'est plus intéressant de retrouver le format carré à l'intérieur du rectangle, comme en peinture n'est-ce pas, on trouve inscrit le carré à l'intérieur.
UNQUOTE

No translation for now sorry as i have still a bunch of exams to mark...
... n'est-ce pas (isn't it)

Let me try to translate the Quote into English.

"I have 3 lenses, I have to acknowledge, when I work.
When I am not going to work, I have just one camera with one lense, the normal 50mm (in hand).
I prefer the Leica 24x36 format, isn't it, a little format, because the proportion is very nice, isn't it, between the width and the height, there is a rule, is'nt it, which satisfies me.
I don't like the square format, because it's monotonous.
It would be more interesting to rediscover the square format inside the rectangle, such as in painting, isn't it, we can find the square inside. "

Claude

[Mountaineer-American]

These are great videos. Thanks a million for putting them up. What I notice about his shooting method is this: he walks constantly & keeps his eyes open, when he shoots he stops dead & holds the camera dead still, he shoots amazingly fast, he moves on.

"Don't start vast projects with half-vast ideas."

[charlesphoto99]

Great stuff, thanks. Also check out this Bill Moyer's piece on Gary Winogrand (it's in two parts):

YouTube - Garry Winogrand - Part 1

[ho_co]

lct--
What a delightful and direct quotation from HCB, just like his photos.

Could you tell us its source?

[lct]

Howard, the video linked above, part II, 9:10

[ho_co]

Thanks!

You said you had papers to grade. What subject do you teach?

[lct]

Originally Posted by ho_co

...You said you had papers to grade. What subject do you teach?