Henri Cartier Bresson - Life and work

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  • čas přidán 14. 05. 2024
  • In this photography tutorial I’m going to talk to you about a true master of photography - Henri Cartier-Bresson. I’ve also included a free Cartier-Bresson fact sheet which you can get by clicking on the link below. If you’re a student studying Cartier-Bresson or writing a blog on him this will hopefully help you.
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Komentáře • 159

  • @donaldcrawford5577
    @donaldcrawford5577 Před 4 lety +11

    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.

  • @trudypompeus
    @trudypompeus Před 4 lety +14

    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!

  • @nikolabaurterzic7382
    @nikolabaurterzic7382 Před 4 lety +1

    Awesome stuff! Thanks for your time and effort. Enjoyed it.

  • @vaibhav9138
    @vaibhav9138 Před 5 lety +6

    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.

  • @nathanielcashjr.732
    @nathanielcashjr.732 Před 3 lety +1

    You made me understand for the first time what exactly is the decisive moment.

  • @TCDavis
    @TCDavis Před rokem +3

    Really enjoyed this. I thought I knew a lot about Cartier-Bresson, my favorite photographer, but I learned even more by your video. Thanks!

  • @OctavMandru
    @OctavMandru Před rokem

    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

  • @emilianojoanes5396
    @emilianojoanes5396 Před 4 lety +9

    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.

  • @werneckpaiva
    @werneckpaiva Před 2 lety

    Very nice to learn about this legend!

  • @nickjessel7759
    @nickjessel7759 Před 2 lety

    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!

  • @elieazzam136
    @elieazzam136 Před 3 lety +15

    The way you narrate the story is so enjoyable. thank you. big help for my research about Cartier-bresson.

  • @joestephens7105
    @joestephens7105 Před 3 lety

    Thanks for this great overview of my fav: HCB!

  • @stigg333
    @stigg333 Před 6 lety +5

    Great video well done, he was certainly a great photographer and one we should all take to our hearts.

  • @sudipmajumdar247
    @sudipmajumdar247 Před 5 lety +1

    great to watch what ;lucid language you did put in it entered through my head and heart , thanks alot,await more to come

  • @simonehenken9613
    @simonehenken9613 Před rokem

    Thank you for your inspiring video, very informative and you are a good storyteller with great analysis of the photos

  • @anthonyfernandez4775
    @anthonyfernandez4775 Před 2 lety +2

    This man is a genius you don’t have to move you could wait till life appears

  • @NotSpiritual
    @NotSpiritual Před 11 měsíci

    Still a great video as time goes on (a timeless subject as it is), thanks for sharing your enthusiasm!

  • @KevinDoherty1981
    @KevinDoherty1981 Před 5 lety +3

    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

  • @smiff4748
    @smiff4748 Před 5 lety +1

    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.

  • @OmarIskandarone
    @OmarIskandarone Před 6 lety +1

    A big thank you for this video. A beautiful and very insightful introduction to the work of the genius HCB

  • @26glenside
    @26glenside Před 5 lety +2

    I’ve just acquired 2 posters of Cartier Bresson. I found your video very informative and interesting. Thank you very much!

  • @niharmehta6086
    @niharmehta6086 Před 4 lety

    Thank you for this great video! I wouldn't know why, but I smiled right from the start till the end while watching this...

  • @qnetx
    @qnetx Před 5 lety +1

    Excellent overview of the artist. Thank you for sharing!

  • @monzii3053
    @monzii3053 Před 7 lety +2

    loved this!!

    • @theschoolofphotography
      @theschoolofphotography  Před 7 lety

      +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

  • @user-cy9kv9ob6n
    @user-cy9kv9ob6n Před 5 měsíci

    Thank you so much! It's a great video!

  • @polalakshmimanojkumar2231

    Wonderful class

  • @pianoman1973
    @pianoman1973 Před 8 měsíci

    So enlightening ! Thanks ! Please do more such videos :)

  • @glorialombardi8211
    @glorialombardi8211 Před 3 lety +2

    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.

  • @zoharmoyal
    @zoharmoyal Před 6 lety +1

    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! :)

  • @chloesastry1252
    @chloesastry1252 Před 3 lety +2

    You are a great storyteller - really engaging and a great way to start my research thank you

  • @nataliyakohut5946
    @nataliyakohut5946 Před 3 lety +2

    Very interesting, educative and informative. Thank you! Really enjoyed the review )

  • @2alexandervideo
    @2alexandervideo Před 2 lety +1

    Excellent lesson, great execution!

  • @superb_oop
    @superb_oop Před 6 měsíci

    That was a great video!! Thank yoouuu 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

  • @bretti2679
    @bretti2679 Před 4 lety +1

    Great Video on my favorite photographer!

  • @synestezjjja
    @synestezjjja Před 6 lety +1

    Great video, very helpful with my Master degree. Thanks

  • @Carfree-Cities
    @Carfree-Cities Před rokem

    I learned to photograph by looking at his books... over and over. He really was the greatest ever.

  • @hiramguerra8396
    @hiramguerra8396 Před 3 lety

    Very nice video my friend, lovely pictures and info about a great human being. Thank you .

  • @TheCraggym
    @TheCraggym Před 5 lety +11

    We do obsess over the type of camera,but to be there,and ready is of overriding importance.

  • @tonywilmers1039
    @tonywilmers1039 Před 6 lety +4

    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

  • @mrdre1019
    @mrdre1019 Před 6 lety +1

    thank you for this video.. amazing video

  • @rickcastillo7437
    @rickcastillo7437 Před 5 lety +2

    You did a great job.

  • @ChrisBoland
    @ChrisBoland Před 5 lety +1

    What a wonderful video. Gawd bless yer 📸🙂

  • @kenyelsboxingtalk
    @kenyelsboxingtalk Před 3 lety +1

    Very informative! Thank you 🙏🏾

  • @westleygreenhalf2338
    @westleygreenhalf2338 Před 3 lety

    Thanks. I really enjoyed this video.

  • @nickydorrlato9823
    @nickydorrlato9823 Před 2 lety +5

    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

  • @trudiewegner6717
    @trudiewegner6717 Před 5 lety +1

    Thankyou. Immensly informative

  • @GETAGRAIN
    @GETAGRAIN Před 2 lety

    Great video, very expertly explained

  • @samham3901
    @samham3901 Před 3 lety +1

    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 👍

  • @Reviveftp
    @Reviveftp Před 2 lety

    Ty for this

  • @GJSsongsmith
    @GJSsongsmith Před 2 lety

    Superb thanks 🙏

  • @gertjanvanderkooij9242
    @gertjanvanderkooij9242 Před 6 lety +5

    sometimes i get emotional watching the photographs of HCB ,he was such a genius

  • @krystalbowen3680
    @krystalbowen3680 Před 5 lety +2

    This was helpful

  • @JamesPotterAboutArt
    @JamesPotterAboutArt Před 5 lety +3

    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.

    • @theschoolofphotography
      @theschoolofphotography  Před 5 lety

      Cheers James 👍

    • @g-r-a-e-m-e-
      @g-r-a-e-m-e- Před 5 lety

      True. I still use cameras like that, where you have to guess. Strangely enough the images are usually sharp, or sharp enough.

  • @liamm1885
    @liamm1885 Před 4 lety +1

    Great video!!

  • @NakedInSeattle
    @NakedInSeattle Před 4 lety

    Thank you so much!

  • @martinconrad9260
    @martinconrad9260 Před 6 lety +2

    Would love to see a whole series of these! How about Margaret Bourke-White?

    • @theschoolofphotography
      @theschoolofphotography  Před 6 lety

      +Mason Chane that is a great idea, and one I'm actually working on. Keep it tuned for more soon :)

  • @bartsenders
    @bartsenders Před 2 lety

    Interesting video. thanks!

  • @berndpape407
    @berndpape407 Před 2 lety

    Vielen Dank-toll !

  • @gchal9856
    @gchal9856 Před rokem

    Thank you!

  • @markharris5771
    @markharris5771 Před 6 lety +2

    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?

    • @theschoolofphotography
      @theschoolofphotography  Před 6 lety +1

      +Mark Harris thanks for the comments :)

    • @markharris5771
      @markharris5771 Před 6 lety

      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.

  • @1955aline
    @1955aline Před měsícem

    I loved it….. thanks

  • @paulsaret
    @paulsaret Před 5 lety +1

    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).

  • @kingphil1969
    @kingphil1969 Před 5 lety +2

    Great video :)

  • @fifthcarcrash
    @fifthcarcrash Před 4 lety +4

    3:19 wow

  • @beaupfeifferrecordings
    @beaupfeifferrecordings Před 5 lety +2

    silver nitrate at its best

  • @dheevesh16
    @dheevesh16 Před 5 lety +20

    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.

    • @theschoolofphotography
      @theschoolofphotography  Před 5 lety +2

      Very true 👍

    • @BlissMD247
      @BlissMD247 Před 4 lety

      #BS

    • @BlissMD247
      @BlissMD247 Před 4 lety

      #BS

    • @BlissMD247
      @BlissMD247 Před 4 lety +1

      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

  • @Nearest_Neighbor
    @Nearest_Neighbor Před 2 lety

    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.

  • @jokesNgiggles
    @jokesNgiggles Před 2 lety

    Very good video

  • @FairuzOsman
    @FairuzOsman Před 2 lety +1

    13:50 is Hyeres
    Gare St Lazare is the one with the man jumping over puddles

  • @MsBettyRubble
    @MsBettyRubble Před 5 lety +1

    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.

  • @drop1219
    @drop1219 Před 4 lety

    🖤

  • @futuropasado
    @futuropasado Před 4 lety

    beauty

  • @tonyparatore888
    @tonyparatore888 Před 5 lety +1

    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.

    • @theschoolofphotography
      @theschoolofphotography  Před 5 lety +1

      Hi Tony, yes I know, I made a mistake in the video! Thanks

    • @tonyparatore888
      @tonyparatore888 Před 5 lety +1

      @@theschoolofphotography it's alright... I make mistakes too... very nice video though!

  • @claudiopatrizi2511
    @claudiopatrizi2511 Před 6 lety +2

    Very interesting. But at minute 17:00 it's not Paris, 1954 but L'Aquila, Italy, 1951 :-)

    • @theschoolofphotography
      @theschoolofphotography  Před 6 lety

      Yes I know, my mistake there! Thanks

    • @ChrisBoland
      @ChrisBoland Před 5 lety

      Could that be annotated on the video? I nearly added it to a list of places to look for in Paris 🙂

  • @terencetsy
    @terencetsy Před 7 lety +1

    nice

  • @benewgillian6823
    @benewgillian6823 Před 3 lety

    All the french "Humanist photographers" were great to me ...
    Frank Horvat , Marc Riboud , Willy Ronis , Doisneau , Edouard Bouba ..........

  • @ToyoteroMundial
    @ToyoteroMundial Před 2 lety

    Any updates in 2022?

  • @vibrasieve
    @vibrasieve Před 8 měsíci

    35mm prime len, master can use prime len to get great photo

  • @30secclips35
    @30secclips35 Před 3 lety

    I have a picture i took, which i wanna send. How do i send you?

  • @ashtonal.2634
    @ashtonal.2634 Před 2 lety +1

    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

  • @ergia4822
    @ergia4822 Před 3 lety +2

    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.

  • @mamiyapress
    @mamiyapress Před 5 lety +1

    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.

  • @irembeskardes2386
    @irembeskardes2386 Před 5 lety +1

    thank you. would you please put in Turkish subtitles? very nice but easier to watch ✌️

  • @knut-ingejohnsen6541
    @knut-ingejohnsen6541 Před 6 lety +2

    Great! But the Picture With the pigeon (1954) is not from Paris, but from Scanno in Italy, I think.

    • @theschoolofphotography
      @theschoolofphotography  Před 6 lety

      +Knut-Inge Johnsen you could be right there Knut, thanks for the correction

    • @barbaradimaio856
      @barbaradimaio856 Před 6 lety +1

      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.

    • @simonesquadroni5464
      @simonesquadroni5464 Před 2 lety

      @@barbaradimaio856 The photograph with the man on the bicycle was shot in Hyères, southern France

  • @eightmilesupwind9030
    @eightmilesupwind9030 Před 2 lety

    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.

  • @northstar1950
    @northstar1950 Před 4 lety

    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.

  • @JustSomeInternetDude
    @JustSomeInternetDude Před 2 lety

    3:06 i believe its smoke from the cigaret he is holding in his right hand.

  • @pimpbobbyhill
    @pimpbobbyhill Před rokem

    this guy sounds just like russell brand

  • @keenedreams1682
    @keenedreams1682 Před 4 lety

    "Balanced perfectly in the left Fird"

  • @angelpicazo7287
    @angelpicazo7287 Před 3 lety

    Pronounced phonetically Carti Bresso