Cartier-Bresson began his career in photography
in 1931. Armed with his Leica camera, Cartier-Bresson was one of
the first photographers to use the 35 mm format and helped to develop
the style of the "street photographer." Cartier-Bresson
covered the shiny silver of his camera with black tape which allowed
him to blend in with the crowd and take photographs unnoticed.
Cartier-Bresson did not consider his work to be "fine art," but
rather documentary and journalistic in nature. After working as
a staff photographer for various journals, Cartier-Bresson along
with fellow photographers Robert Capa, David Seymour and others
founded the photographic cooperative Magnum, which allowed them
more freedom in their photographic projects. He continued to explore
the medium until the early 1970's, when he retired permanently
from photography to spend time working with his favored medium
of drawing.
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