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The Decisive Moment

Henri Cartier-Bresson, being one of the fathers of photojournalism, defines the decisive moment as "the simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a second, of the significance of an event as well as the precise organization of forms which gives that event its proper expression". To put it into pixels, check this photo here.

I call all Buzznetters to add buzzword "the decisive moment" for their photos that fit into above definition. It is something candid, something spontaneous. It is those pictures that you say "I was lucky". However it is not about luck. It is about seeing half of a second ahead and pressing the shutter.


Posted on 04/27/2006 2:31 AM Visits: 35
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