The Mind's Eye: Writings on Photography and Photographers by Henri Cartier-Bresson

The Mind's Eye: Writings on Photography and Photographers Henri Cartier-Bresson ebook
ISBN: 9780893818753
Publisher: Aperture Foundation
Format: pdf
Page: 109

Photography must seize upon this moment and hold immobile the equilibrium .. Rather than looking out into the world through a camera lens, these essays look directly into the mind's eye to reveal where photographs come from in their barest and most primitive form: the original idea. In Mirrors of Memory: Freud, Photography, and the History of Art , Mary Bergstein, Professor in the History of Art and Visual Thus, the mind's eye, both conscious and subconscious, mimics the photographic lens. To round out the conversation, I thought it would be nice to hear from Henri Cartier-Bresson, photographer, one of 5 founding members of Magnum Photos, and the father of the decisive moment– “the moment at which the elements in motion are in balance. Other editors, with the story's text in hand, may judge photographs by what they . Intelligent thoughts are often better in the mind's eye than in the camera. Source: Cartier-Bresson, Henri. Of Dreams , and the infamous Freudian slip. I am late for class as I write this, but I don't care. As i was looking at the photograph, deciding whether or not to buy it, it began to suggest a small painting by arthur dove, which in my mind's eye felt as if it had some sort of formal visual equivalent to the image in the photograph. Many years ago, was my first introduction to dove's work, and the images, as well as some of dove's own writings, planted the first deep seeds of abstraction within me. Mirrors of Memory provides a new lens through Freud, a well-rounded Renaissance man, loved art and integrated that love into his psychoanalytic writings. This is a view most of us will never have and I so appreciate your writing this. You should back photographers' good ideas with conviction and shield them from misguided suggestions: Often, something that sounds intelligent doesn't look good in photographs. Just last week when I was at Kinokuniya browsing books, I found a book by the famous photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson. The Mind's Eye: Writings on photography and photographers.