Henri Cartier Bresson Diagonal Diagonal photos by Henri Cartier-Bresson Some examples from the master, Henri Cartier-Bresson: USA. Massachusetts. Cape Cod. July 4th, 1947. Independence Day.“This woman explained to me that the flagpole over her door was broken but ‘on such a day as this, one keeps one’s flag on one’s heart.’” I felt in her a touch of the strength and robustness of the early American pioneers’. Martine’s Legs. 1967. ROMANIA. In a train. 1975. CHINA. Beijing. Henri Cartier-Bresson SPAIN. Madrid. 1933. WEST GERMANY. 1962. West Berlin. The Berlin wall. FRANCE. Marseille. 1932.