artsy – Henri Cartier-Bresson viewed a powerful still image as the hairsbreadth of an instant. To his mind, a photographer had a fleeting moment when all the moving parts aligned, revealing something honest and true about the world—the photographer just had to know exactly when to fire the shutter. – read more
![Photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson stands by with his camera during the 1968 Paris riots. In May of 1968, angry students and workers took to the streets to protest against widespread poverty, unemployment, and the conservative government of Charles de Gaulle. (Photo by Alain Nogues/Sygma/Sygma via Getty Images)](http://newsite2016.arterynyc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/d7hftxdivxxvm.cloudfront-1-750x400.jpg)