Tension

(c) Henri Cartier-Bresson / Magnum Photos
(c) Henri Cartier-Bresson / Magnum Photos
(c) Henri Cartier-Bresson / Magnum Photos

“I prowled the streets all day, feeling very strung-up and ready to pounce, determined to “trap” life – to preserve life in the act of living. Above all, I craved to seize the whole essence, in the confines of one single photograph, of some situation that was in the process of unrolling itself before my eyes.” – Henri Cartier-Bresson

I feel great art requires some sort of tension: