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What Photos Last?
Art x humanist photos.
This is why I consider Henri Cartier-Bresson and Josef Koudelka so successful — they both blended artistic photos that centered on humanity.
Artistic in terms of composition
Great Koudelka photos which combine humanism and great artistic compositions:
SPAIN. 1977. 
CZECHOSLOVAKIA. Straznice. 1966. Festival of gypsy music. 
IRELAND. 1976. 
PORTUGAL. 1976. 
FRANCE. Brittany. 1973. Gipsies. 
IRELAND. Croagh Patrick Pilgrimage. 1972. 
FRANCE. Paris. 1986. 
Henri is still king.
Koudelka is great, but I think Henri Cartier-Bresson is #1. Why?
- His epic surrealism in his photos
- His undying attention to form and content
- His epic arabesque compositions
- His breadth: portraits, street photography, journalism, landscape.
Henri has set the bar.
L’écrivain français Julien GRACQ. France. Paris. 18è arrondissement. Rue Pigalle. Au domicile du poète André BRETON. 
ITALY. Rome. 1959. 
IRELAND. Munster. County Tipperary. Thurles. 1952. Horse race. 
USA. New York City. 1947. 
MEXICO. 1934. 
SPAIN. 1933. 
The photographer Martine FRANCK. 
ITALY. Venice. 1952. 
Naples. 
FRANCE. 1938. 
USA. Louisiana. Jennings. 1960. Jeff Davis Parish Fair. 
FRANCE. Rhône-Alpes. Isère. Grenoble. 1969. Musée des Beaux-Arts (Museum of Fine Arts). 
Naples. 
GB. England. Berkshire. Eton. 1962. Eton College. 
USA. NYC. 1959. TV programme “To Tell the Truth”, one of the numerous question and answer contests. This one is sponsored by a men’s shaving soap. 
GREECE. Cyclades. 1961. 
SOVIET UNION. Russia. Republic of Tatarstan. Kamaz. 1973. 
ITALY. 1933 
JAPAN. Tokyo. 1965. 
Near Rockfeller Plaza. 
YUGOSLAVIA. Serbia. Kraljevo. 1965. 
FRANCE. Paris. The Elysee Palace. 21 May 1981. François MITTERRAND installed as president, gives a reception. 
FRANCE. 1959. 
UNITED STATES. Washington D.C. 1961. August 1962. Doctor SPOCK, pediatrician and author of “Dr. Spock’s Book of Baby and Child Care”, measuring young Linda who comes to see him twice a week since she was born. 
FRANCE. Hautes-Alpes. Briançon. 1951. 
JAPAN. Kyoto. 1978. Gion district. Backstage theatre. 
INDIA. Kashmir. An Indian army patroll surveying the frontline area, in spite of the cold and the fatigue of a very high altitude (5.200 meters), lead by coolies, climb above the Zojila Pass leading to Tibet. 
FRANCE. Ardèche. Tournon. 1961. French president, Charles DE GAULLE. 
FRANCE. 1989. Anne KERCHACHE. 
ITALY. Basilicata. Matera. 1951. 
SOVIET UNION. Moscow. 1954. Moscow State University. 
Julien GREEN, écrivain américain. 
USA. 1947.ÊWashington DC. 
SWITZERLAND. Appenzell. 1966. 
Mexique, 1934 
YUGOSLAVIA. Kosovo. Pec. 1965. Market. 
SPAIN. Aragon. Arteca. 1953. 
SPAIN. 1933. 
INDIA. Tamil Nadu. 1950. 
GB. London. 1951. The Guard Changing at Whitehall. 
FRANCE. Alpes de Haute-Provence. 1993. Lord SNOWDON, British photographer (right). 
FRANCE. Paris. Citroën car factory. 1959. 
Great-Britain. England. London. Svetlana BERIOSOVA, prima ballerina. 
Sinkiang Province. Urumchi. 
ITALY. Basilicate. Matera. Hospital. 1971. 
CHINA. Shanghai. December 1948-January 1949. 
GERMANY. April 1945. Dessau. A transit camp was located between the American and Soviet zones organised for refugees; political prisoners, POW’s, STO’s (Forced Labourers), displaced persons, returning from the Eastern front of Germany that had been liberated by the Soviet Army. 
GB. England. 1951. British painter Augustus JOHN. 
FRANCE. Alpes-Maritimes. Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat. 1954. Spanish painter, Pablo PICASSO. 
GREAT BRITAIN. England. 1966. Duke of Gloucester grouse hunt. 
USA. NYC. 1960. US pianist, composer and conductor, Leonard BERSTEIN. 
SPAIN. Castile. 1963. 
USA. US sculptor, Naum GABO. 1968. 
GB. London. 1961. Svetlana BERIOSOVA, prima ballerina. 
USA. New York City. 1947. American Legion parade. 
FRANCE. Paris. French model BETTINA. 1951. 
JAPAN. Tokyo. Hibiya district. 1965. 
SPAIN. 1933. 
