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Henri Cartier-Bresson

Sifnos, Greece, 1961 (printed later)

Description

Maker

  • Henri Cartier-Bresson, 1908-2004, French

Title

Sifnos, Greece

Year

1961 (printed later)

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

Image: 23.9 x 35.7 cm (9 7/16 x 14 1/16 inches)

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Photographs

Credit

Gift of MAC3 Philanthropies

Object Number

2018.109

About

Off-kilter doorways and dark shadows contrast with bright whitewashed buildings, creating this lively geometric composition. At its center a child runs along the passageway. Taken on Sifnos, a Greek island, the scene typifies Cartier-Bresson’s capture of “the decisive moment.” As he explained in his 1952 book of the same title, “Photography is the simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a second, of the significance of an event as well as of a precise organization of forms which give that event its proper expression.” Much of the artist’s work focused on magical or mysterious aspects of everyday life.

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