To photograph is to hold one's breath, when all faculties converge to capture fleeting reality. It's at that precise moment that mastering an image becomes a great physical and intellectual joy.

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.