To take photographs means to recognize - simultaneously and within a fraction of a second - both the fact itself and the rigorous organization of visually perceived forms that give it meaning. It is putting one's head, one's eye and one's heart on the same axis.

History of Photography Series. Directed by Jean-Marie Drot and Henri Cartier-Bresson. Black and white.

He helped develop the "street photography" or "life reportage" style that has influenced generations of photographers who followed. Henri Cartier-Bresson (August 22 1908 – August 3 2004) was a French photographer considered to be the father of modern photojournalism.