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Cartier-Bresson

American  
[kar-tyay-bre-sawn] / kar tjeɪ brɛˈsɔ̃ /

noun

  1. Henri 1908–2004, French photographer.


Cartier-Bresson British  
/ kartjebrɛsɔ̃ /

noun

  1. Henri (ɑ̃ri). 1908–2004, French photographer

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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He then met the likes of photographers Marc Riboud and Henri Cartier-Bresson who signed him up to join the celebrated photo agency Magnum.

From Barron's ● May 10, 2026

The project was anchored by Turner-Seed’s groundbreaking interviews with the world’s best living photographers at the time, including Henri Cartier-Bresson, Cecil Beaton, Lisette Model and Gordon Parks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 13, 2025

Few if any of her photographs, printed here in black and white, capture what Cartier-Bresson called decisive moments.

From New York Times ● Mar. 6, 2023

“I may not be Cartier-Bresson, but I can do something good,” she later told the New York Times.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 16, 2023

"The only photographer besides Ansel Adams and Cartier-Bresson that I can remember is the Hungarian guy, Kertesz."

From Joe Burke's Last Stand by John Moncure Wetterau

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