Cartier-Bresson as a thief?
Posted by Tim Gruber | Filed under photojournalism, promo
When I first picked up a camera I idolized Cartier-Bresson like 11 year girls do Hannah Montana. So it was interesting to see him referred to as a thief.
It’s a quick read.
Cartier-Bresson photographs show debt to painting
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Tags: articles, bresson, photography
September 27th, 2008 at 1:17 pm
Tim,
I find it so much more intriguing when a photographer captures the imagination behind a painting than I do the copy and pasting going on in the minds and viewfinders of photographers presently.
My cousin is a painter and refuses to look at other painter’s work. He said every time he looks at a painting, it subconsciously enters into the way he paints. There is something to be said for this.
Too many photographers, including myself, think nothing about plowing through photobook after photobook without thinking about the influence on one’s personal voice and creativity. We think we are being “inspired” when it quite possibly could be more that we are looking for a style to copy. This prohibits the growth of the visual medium.
This has little to do with the article. I digress.
Thanks for passing this along. I wish I were a thief as crafty as Monsieur Bresson.
Inspiredly,
Jim
September 27th, 2008 at 8:31 pm
Damn Jim that’s an awesome reply. What you said of flipping through photo books rings so true with me. Consider me guilty as charged too.