Accession Number
2014/2.324

Title
Workers Council, Geran Car Factory, Poland

Artist(s)
Henri Cartier-Bresson

Artist Nationality
French (culture or style)

Object Creation Date
1956

Medium & Support
gelatin silver print on paper

Dimensions
7 7/8 in x 11 3/4 in (20 cm x 29.85 cm)

Credit Line
Gift of Thomas Wilson '79 and Jill Garling '80

Subject matter
Henri Cartier-Bresson is known for “the decisive moment,” the fleeting time in which a photographer must make an instantaneous decision. Bresson began photographing seriously in 1930, acquiring a Leica, which was used throughout his career photographing some of the 20th century’s most important events. Bresson co-founded Magnum Photos with Robert Capa, David Seymour, and George Rodger. After 1970, Bresson turned to drawing, photographing only occasionally.

Physical Description
A photograph of men in suits meeting in a room with white walls on which a portrait of a man hangs.

Primary Object Classification
Photograph

Collection Area
Photography

Rights
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Keywords
automobile factories
meetings
people (agents)
portraits
suits (main garments)