Henri Cartier-Bresson exhibition in Paris

    The Financial Times reviews a new exhibition of Henri Cartier-Bresson at the Center Pompidou in Paris.  New to me is the fact that he was an heir to a large fortune yet he is said to walk to Wall Street to spit on a Rolls Royce. 

   He focused on photography starting in 1930. His career was stalled by three years in a prisoner of war camp during World War II. 

  Contrary to the myth surrounding him, he did own a flash and more than a 50mm lens. The exhibition even has a small display of color slides. 

  The article praises the exhibition as revealing a "thoroughly engaging version of Cartier-Bresson, an intellectual with a camera.."  

  Worth a read. It is free now on the Financial Times web site. Here is the link.