Mexico City

Description

Henri Cartier-Bresson became known for “the decisive moment,” an instantaneous composition of a scene, for which the photographer must act quickly and intuitively. As a photojournalist for Magnum Photos, the agency he founded with his colleagues Robert Capa and David “Chim” Seymour, he traveled across the world, photographing some of the most important events of the 20th century. Early in his career, he developed a distinct style of photography and made some of his most famous and enduring images.

Mexico City

Henri Cartier-Bresson

1934

Accession Number

55411

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

Image/paper: 17.8 × 25 cm (7 1/16 × 9 7/8 in.)

Classification

gelatin silver (developing-out-paper) pr

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Julien Levy Collection, Special Photography Acquisition Fund