Sophie! I made a secret page for you here. I’m going to start posting some street photography influences in prep for our adventure. The first up is the GOAT, the one, the only, Henri Cartier-Bresson. Leica shooter through and through. Best quote? “For me the camera is a sketch book, an instrument of intuition and spontaneity, the master of the instant which, in visual terms, questions and decides simulantaniously…it is by economy of means that one arrives at the simplicity of expression.” …I am still blow away by that quote. My best photo teacher ever introduced me to this dude, and my brain was instantly unlocked. He described taking pictures as a “decisive moment.” The lore is that he would find a nice bench and sit for hours, waiting for a photograph to appear in front of him. He was also the kind of photographer who put tape on his camera and dressed unassumingly to blend in. his work is all kinds of remarkable. ***Also, he photographed Matisse! I’ll let you figure out which one that is!
