Accession Number
2014/2.325

Title
Composer Gian Carlo Menotti in Restaurant during Festival Dei Du Mondi, Spoleto, Italy

Artist(s)
Henri Cartier-Bresson

Artist Nationality
French (culture or style)

Object Creation Date
1961

Medium & Support
gelatin silver print on paper

Dimensions
6 3/4 in x 10 in (17.15 cm x 25.4 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. This photograph depicts Composer Gian Carlo Menotti in a restaurant. Bresson photographed Menotti on multiple occasions.

Physical Description
A photograph of a man gesturing in front of a crowd that sits in chairs around low tables in an interior space.

Primary Object Classification
Photograph

Collection Area
Photography

Rights
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Keywords
composers
groups of people
hanging lamps
men (male humans)
restaurants