When looking at Cartier Bresson's work, it is interesting to see his take on documentary photography. The photographer describes his images as Images a la Sauvette, which translated means, images on the run. When I first read this, I imagined the idea of images being taken on the move, or a sense of spontaneity rather than planning images. He later explains his key theme when taking images is to capture, the decisive moment. Cartier-Bresson explains this term by suggesting that 'the secret is to forget you are carrying a camera'. In many ways he could be trying to explain that by always keeping your camera to your hand or close to your eye, you will be able to look through the camera as if it were your reality. The photographer confirms this by telling the reader to go out to discover the image and seize it. The camera is later described as a sketchbook, describing documentary photography as spontaneous and a constant art in which you have to feel involved in what you are framing through the viewfinder.
Cartier Bresson argues that there is not one correct point of view. Important features of composition are found through a lot of training- This is something I slightly agree with, with practise you are able to understand how a picture can be taken with more depth. However, I believe with concentration and a bit of playfulness, someone with less experience could definitely create a similar effect.
'Visual organisation can develop only from a developed instinct' - Here i definitely do not agree with this statement that Cartier Bresson is making. In my opinion, I think there is no one way to take an image, there are 7 billion people on this planet who all think differently and individually, therefore there are over 7 billion versions of reality and each one will look at reality and through the viewfinder differently to another. I do not believe that you have to be developed to take a good photograph. Any photograph has an opportunity to stand out in it's own way.
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