In 1927, Henri Cartier-Bresson enrolled in André Lhote's academy in Montparnasse to study the technique and theory of Cubist painting. The son of a wealthy textile merchant, he extricated himself from his conservative bourgeois upbringing and entered the bohemian world of the avant-garde. In 1930 he embarked on a year of solitary travel in Africa, further distancing himself from the established patterns of Western culture. The following year, after he had recovered from blackwater fever, Cartier-Bresson picked up the camera.
His earliest photographs were made in Paris and Eastern Europe and reveal the influence of both Cubism and Surrealism--bold, flat planes, collagelike compositions, and spatial ambiguity--as well as an affinity for society's outcasts and the back alleys where they lived and worked. First with an unwieldy box camera, then in 1932 with a small 35mm Leica, Cartier-Bresson traveled to Italy, Spain, Morocco, and Mexico, developing what would become the hallmark of twentieth-century photographic style. In his 1952 monograph "The Decisive Moment," he defined his philosophy: "To me, photography is the simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a second, of the significance of an event as well as of a precise organization of forms which gave that event its proper expression."
These amazing photos were taken by photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson. They show everyday life of Spain in 1933.
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Alicante. Valencia Province. 1933. |
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Valencia. 1933. |
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Gypsies. Andalucia. Grenada. 1933. |
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Andalucia. Seville. 1933. |
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Madrid. 1933. |
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Andalucia. Seville. 1933. |
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Inside the sliding doors of the bullfight arena. Valencia. 1933. |
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An unemployed man and his child. Madrid. 1933. |
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Spain. 1933. |
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Spain. 1933. |
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Barcelona. 1933. |
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Spain. 1933. |
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Spain. 1933. |
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Spain. 1933. |
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Spain. 1933. |
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Barcelona. Bario Chino. 1933. |
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Valencia. 1933. |
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Spain. 1933. |
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Spain. 1933. |
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Barcelona. 1933. |
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Madrid. 1933. |
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Madrid. 1933. |
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Spain. 1933. |
(Photos © Henri Cartier-Bresson/Magnum Photos)
The first three photos are definitely not Marilyn and quite frankly, besides the blonde hair and mole, look nothing like her.
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