Photo Journalism.

Henri Cartier-Bresson - Born in 1908, death is unknown.

Cartier Bresson, was known as the god father of photo journalism, because he used a moment in time to get the perfect picture. This was known as Decisive Moment- right place at the right time, also can be describe as a fraction of a second that in fact separates one perfect picture from the surrounding frames.

Carier Bresson would wait for life to come, whether it be on some stairs leading to the streets or at Gare Saint Lazare train station. Where in fact his most famous photo was taken, a man jumping across a puddle. Some say that this picture was taken to show what would happen to Europe, Europe was 'Jumping into the unknown'

If he had captured these pictures a second before or after, the whole picture would have changed. A good example is these two kids holding their jackets above their heads. If he had taken it before or after you wouldn't feel as interested in this picture as you do in that moment, and it some case there would not be a meaning behind it.

He infact said , "I prowled the streets all day, feeling very strung-up and ready to pounce, ready to 'trap' life

Leica Camera.

Cartier- Bresson used the Leica Camera, this allowed him to focus mainly on what he wanted in his frame without using Viewfinders.  He could just walk in the streets, put the camera to his eye and take a smooth photo.

He used a 50mm Lens.

Although The Decisive Moment is powerful, the picture is not always reliable, you need, context- history of the event, before & after.

Robert Capa.

Robert Capa used to say 'War is romantic'

He had two rules to 'Get close, get closer', he would chooses his battles and go in and out of conflict.

When waiting for Robert to bring the pictures, the newspapers were under a deadline so they rushed the development. this involved them ruining most of the picture. Only 11 frames survived these were 'the impossible'

Tony Vaccaro-

Another War Photographer, but he was Soldier Photographer,  he said he could hold and gun and take a picture.

He had 11 rolls of photos but due to content of 10 rolls they were destroyed , the world was not ready to see it. On the 10 rolls destroyed was pictures of Dead GIs'

 He was up against a Speed Graphic, the Speed Graphic is a slow camera which involves the photographer to change, the film shit and focus of the camera on each exposure  

Tony found chemicals to produce his pictures in the ruins of a camera shop.

The way these pictures were taken gives a whole new light on the war as they were the pretty side of pictures the showed deaths and what war was really like. Having a moment in time un posed to a posed picture from the goverment makes views on war change, its not going to be easy.