May 12, 2003

The Decisive Moment

Henri Cartier-Bresson is still alive. He has given up photography completely, which is a pity, because he wasn't too bad at it.
He took up painting, his first love, thirty years ago. Now 94, there is an exhibition of his photographs on show in the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris. I once queued for an hour outside this building thinking that I was queuing for an exhibition of Surrealists in the George Pompidou (where there was a three hour queue). Laugh ? I nearly cried.

Posted by Monasette at May 12, 2003 10:04 PM
Comments

Thanks for these links. It's a shame Cartier-Bresson doesn't do photos any more, but what photos! The man is a genius. Speaking of which, thanks for a good write-up on Neil Young too, for those of us too poor to make the trip. Good to see he was featuring a lot of new stuff and not resting on his laurels.

Posted by: brendan at May 13, 2003 11:25 AM