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Cartier: Europe Bridge
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Although Cartier-Bresson gradually began to feel uncomfortable with Lhote's "rule-laden" approach to art, his rigorous theoretical training would later help him to confront and resolve problems of artistic form and composition in photography. In the 1920s, schools of photographic realism were popping up throughout Europe, but each had a different view on the direction photography should take. The photography revolution had begun: "Crush tradition! Photograph things as they are!"
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"Cartier's title, in all these documents pertaining to his first voyage, is 'Capitaine et Pilote pour le Roy'. This means that he was captain by the king's command, but a master pilot by experience. In all European languages 'pilot' then had two meanings: (1) a local river or harbor pilot who guided ships in and out, as today; and (2) a seagoing officer, corresponding roughly to first mate, next under the captain and master. He took charge of navigation, kept the reckoning and usually (unless the master insisted on taking charge) ordered making and taking in of sail. Cartier was the second kind of pilot, and in his American voyages he took on the responsibilities of captain and master as well."
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A pioneer of photojournalism, Henri Cartier-Bresson (born 1908) is best known for his images of life in Europe during the 1930s through the 1950s. His work has long been honored with museum retrospectives, which have served to elevate his street-level imagery to the realm of artistic expression.
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