Famous quote by Henri Cartier-Bresson

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"Above all, I craved to seize the whole essence, in the confines of one single photograph, of some situation that was in the process of unrolling itself before my eyes"

- Henri Cartier-Bresson

Eyes

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This quote is written / told by Henri Cartier-Bresson between August 22, 1908 and August 3, 2004. He/she was a famous Photographer from France. The author also have 14 other quotes.

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