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One of this century’s icons in photography Henri-Cartier Bresson, thought to be the Father of modern day Street Photography, transformed the field through his concept of “the decisive moment.” He defined it as “the simultaneous recognition in a fraction of a second, of the significance of an event as well as a precise organization of forms that give that event its proper expression.” In other words, the dramatic climax of a picture where everything falls perfectly into place. Bresson’s photographs excel in composition without cropping his negatives, he had a unique ability to capture the fleeting moment in which the subject’s significance is revealed in form, content, and expressio...

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