Photojournalism Part 1

Genius of photography

‘ In this space, life will come’

Henri Cartier-Bresson (August 22, 1908 – August 3, 2004) He was a French photographer considered to be the godfather of modern photojournalism. He was originally inspired by his uncle for his creativity, who showed him how to oil paint at just 5 years old. 

He then decided he wanted to be a photographer after seeing an image of three black Africian boys naked by lake  Tanganyika "The only thing which completely was an amazement to me and brought me to photography was the work of Munkacsi. When I saw the photograph of Munkacsi of the black kids running in a wave I couldn't believe such a thing could be caught with the camera. I said damn it, I took my camera and went out into the street."

 Above is an image taken by Henri Cartier-Bresson which is famously known as the Decisive Moment. The decisive moment is where an image is taken in a fraction of a second of an event which shows a very breath taking result. 

 Thr Leica Camera

Oskar Barnack was the inventor of the Leica camera which was created in 1913 was Intended as a compact camera for landscape photography. Leica has had a profound influence on our view of the world we live in and Leica A actually went on sale in 1925. In 1932, around 90,000 cameras were already in use. By 1961, the number had increased to a million. Leica Camera's are still used today.