Decisive Moments
In 1952 Henri Cartier-Bresson, a founder of modern photojournalism, proposed one of the most fascinating and highly debated concepts in the history of photography: “the decisive moment.” This moment occurs when the visual and psychological elements of people in a real life scene spontaneously and briefly come together in perfect resonance to express the essence of that situation.”*
Often, so-called 'decisive moment' pictures are of static subjects, which I feel contradicts the concept, as in my opinion there need to be a degree of action or activity within the image such that without good timing or good luck, the 'decisive moment' is lost forever.
My ‘decisive moments’ are of images I’ve captured which I hope either tell a story or portray an emotion even if only fleetingly expressed, hopefully stimulating the viewer to imagine and interpret it as they wish. They are mostly images from my 'Street Photography' portfolio and are candid pictures and never stage managed.
* Courtesy of True Centre Publishing
Often, so-called 'decisive moment' pictures are of static subjects, which I feel contradicts the concept, as in my opinion there need to be a degree of action or activity within the image such that without good timing or good luck, the 'decisive moment' is lost forever.
My ‘decisive moments’ are of images I’ve captured which I hope either tell a story or portray an emotion even if only fleetingly expressed, hopefully stimulating the viewer to imagine and interpret it as they wish. They are mostly images from my 'Street Photography' portfolio and are candid pictures and never stage managed.
* Courtesy of True Centre Publishing
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