Cartier-Bresson
Posted: Sat May 14, 2005 10:31 pmFound an interesting article re the ”Decisive Moment” that explains the original concept and the fame spread by the American Publishers:
”It was however his next book, Images a la Sauvette, better known by the title chosen by its American publishers, The Decisive Moment that put his photography and ideas to a world-wide public. The French title uses the term for illegal street trading and could perhaps be translated as 'Images on the Run' or 'Stolen Images' and perhaps more accurately reflects the dynamism of Cartier-Bresson's better work than the more static suggestion of the 'decisive moment' which has however become indelibly linked with his photography.”
”It was however his next book, Images a la Sauvette, better known by the title chosen by its American publishers, The Decisive Moment that put his photography and ideas to a world-wide public. The French title uses the term for illegal street trading and could perhaps be translated as 'Images on the Run' or 'Stolen Images' and perhaps more accurately reflects the dynamism of Cartier-Bresson's better work than the more static suggestion of the 'decisive moment' which has however become indelibly linked with his photography.”