Henri Cartier-Bresson Quote

To take photographs means to recognize - simultaneously and within a fraction of a second - both the fact itself and the rigorous organization of visually perceived forms that give it meaning. It is putting one's head, one's eye and one's heart on the same axis.

Henri Cartier-Bresson

The Mind's Eye: Writings on Photography and Photographers (ed. 1999)

$To take photographs means to recognize - simultaneously and within a fraction of a second - both the fact itself and the rigorous organization of...$

$To take photographs means to recognize - simultaneously and within a fraction of a second - both the fact itself and the rigorous organization of...$

$To take photographs means to recognize - simultaneously and within a fraction of a second - both the fact itself and the rigorous organization of...$

$To take photographs means to recognize - simultaneously and within a fraction of a second - both the fact itself and the rigorous organization of...$