Henri Cartier Bresson
Bresson is by far one of the most recognised photojournalists/doucmentary photographers in the world. His images always appear perfectly times and accurate of every day life. It is reported that he spent hours on streets in France each day waiting to capture things which happened.
this is by far one of his most hard hitting images as it involves a group of young children who are attempting to play in rubble in Seville 1933. This image is also very well framed as we get to see straight down the hole, thus showing us the true extent of the damage which has been caused. This image also tugs at our heart strings because it is of a group of young innocent boys who have no shoes and no other place to play and gather other than in the rubble.
Many of his photographs carry the same concept, Bresson as known for his opportunist style in photography known as the "decisive moment". It is said that they would wait in the same position for hours hoping to capture a photograph which has movement and life in it on the streets.
His use of good composition is also very important part of his photographs, whether it be symmetry or shadows.
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