Famous Photographers

Henri Cartier-Bresson

  • Henri Cartier-Bresson
  • Born in Chanteloup-en-Brie, France    August 22, 1908
  • He spent most of hs life traveling the world, but he spent a lot of time in France.
  • He went to school at Ecole Fenelon
  • At Ecole Fenelon, he studied oil painting.
  • He got into photography because he became restless with painting and he wanted to do something different then just painting.
  • When he did photography he is famous for Capturing the perfect moment.
  • He used oil paints and his camera for the various types of art he did.
  • 1 random fact about Henri Cartier-Bresson is that he joined the French army for WWII.
  • Another random fact is that he was in Jean Renoir’s 1936 film Partie de campagne.
  • And the last random fact about him is that he was 95 years old when he died.
 
 

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