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Born | Chanteloup-en-Brie, France | 22 August 1908
Died | 3 August 2004 Céreste, France | (aged 95)
Burial place | Montjustin, France |
Alma mater | Lycée Condorcet, Paris |
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Henri Cartier-Bresson (French: [kaʁtje bʁɛsɔ̃]; 22 August 1908 – 3 August 2004) was a French artist and humanist photographer considered a master of candid photography, and an early user of 35mm film.[1] He pioneered the genre of street photography, and viewed photography as capturing a decisive moment.[2][3]
Cartier-Bresson was one of the founding members of Magnum Photos in 1947.[4] In the 1970s, he largely[clarification needed] discontinued his photographic work, instead opting to paint.
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