HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON: “Words by Henri Cartier-Bresson” (1973)

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Madrid, 1933 The Decisive Moment – Photographs and Words by Henri Cartier-Bresson (1973) Henri Cartier-Bresson “I’ve been taking pictures when I was very young. I think I don’t remember what age. I started by painting and drawing and for me photography was a mean of drawing and that’s all. Immediate sketch done with intuition and you can’t correct it. If you have to correct it it’s your next picture. But life is very fluid. Well som…

HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON: “Words by Henri Cartier-Bresson” (1973)

INTERVIEW: “An Interview with Arnold Newman”

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Arms Dealer Arnold Krupp By Alexis Anne Clements Alexis Clements: When you prepare for a photo shoot are you more methodical or spontaneous? Arnold Newman: Both of the above. Whenever I want to photograph someone, I read about them. I read biographies. If they are painters or scientists, I know their work. This is all good. It prepares me to observe. For example, with Stravinsky, I loved his work and when I was asked to photograph him finally h…

INTERVIEW: “An Interview with Arnold Newman”

INTERVIEW: “Interview with Julius Shulman” (1990)

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INTERVIEW: “Interview with Julius Shulman” (1990)

RICHARD AVEDON: “Listening to Avedon” (1995)

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By Vince Leo, Afterimage, Sept-Oct, 1995 Of all Avedon’s recent testimonials, none is more concise or revealing as a short cassette tape audio tour of his 1994-95 retrospective “Evidence” made for the show’s last tour stop, the Minneapolis Institute of Arts (MIA). Culled from interviews with radio journalist and independent producer Connie Goldman conducted over a 25-year period beginning in 1970, the audio tour of R…

RICHARD AVEDON: “Listening to Avedon” (1995)