Download the app
educalingo
Search
Even the photographs of Henri Cartier-Bresson, with all due respect to him, are notoriously burned and dodged.
Joel Sternfeld

Meaning of "Cartier-Bresson" in the English dictionary

Dictionary
DICTIONARY
section

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CARTIER-BRESSON

French.
info
Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
facebooktwitterpinterestwhatsapp
section

PRONUNCIATION OF CARTIER-BRESSON

Cartier-Bresson play
facebooktwitterpinterestwhatsapp

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CARTIER-BRESSON

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Cartier-Bresson is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CARTIER-BRESSON MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Henri Cartier-Bresson was a French photographer considered to be the father of photojournalism. He was an early adopter of 35 mm format, and the master of candid photography. He helped develop the street photography or life reportage style that was coined The Decisive Moment that has influenced generations of photographers who followed.

Definition of Cartier-Bresson in the English dictionary

The definition of Cartier-Bresson in the dictionary is Henri. 1908–2004, French photographer.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CARTIER-BRESSON

Carter
Carteret
cartes blanches
cartes du jour
Cartesian
Cartesian coordinates
Cartesian product
Cartesianism
cartful
Carthage
Carthaginian
carthamine
carthorse
Carthusian
Cartier
cartilage
cartilage bone
cartilaginous
cartilaginous fish
Cartland

WORDS THAT END LIKE CARTIER-BRESSON

Aubusson
ballet lesson
bisson
Bresson
caisson
Casson
cavesson
Davisson
driving lesson
Eriksson
frisson
lesson
life lesson
Nilsson
object lesson
piano lesson
Poisson
read a lesson
saucisson
singing lesson

Synonyms and antonyms of Cartier-Bresson in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Cartier-Bresson» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR
online translator

TRANSLATION OF CARTIER-BRESSON

Find out the translation of Cartier-Bresson to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Cartier-Bresson from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Cartier-Bresson» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

卡蒂埃 - 布列松
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Cartier- Bresson
570 millions of speakers

English

Cartier-Bresson
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Cartier-Bresson
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

كارتييه بريسون
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Картье-Брессон
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Cartier- Bresson
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কারটিয়ের-Bresson
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Cartier -Bresson
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Cartier-Bresson
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Cartier -Bresson
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

カルティエ·ブレッソン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

카르티에 - 브레송
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Cartier-Bresson
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Cartier-Bresson
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கார்டியர்- பிரெஸ்ஸனின்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कार्टियर-ब्रेसन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Cartier-Bresson
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Cartier- Bresson
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Cartier- Bresson
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Картьє - Брессон
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Cartier Bresson -
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Cartier - Bresson
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Cartier- Bresson
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Cartier - Bresson
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Cartier - Bresson
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Cartier-Bresson

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CARTIER-BRESSON»

The term «Cartier-Bresson» is regularly used and occupies the 66.157 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
0
100%
FREQUENCY
Regularly used
69
/100
The map shown above gives the frequency of use of the term «Cartier-Bresson» in the different countries.
Principal search tendencies and common uses of Cartier-Bresson
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «Cartier-Bresson».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CARTIER-BRESSON» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «Cartier-Bresson» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «Cartier-Bresson» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Cartier-Bresson

EXAMPLES

QUOTES WITH «CARTIER-BRESSON»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word Cartier-Bresson.
1
Joel Sternfeld
Even the photographs of Henri Cartier-Bresson, with all due respect to him, are notoriously burned and dodged.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CARTIER-BRESSON»

Discover the use of Cartier-Bresson in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Cartier-Bresson and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Henri Cartier-Bresson: Photographer
From the cities of war-torn Europe to the rural landscape of the American South, this retrospective volume shows the lifework of a legendary photographer. 155 duotone illustrations.
Henri Cartier-Bresson, 1992
2
The mind's eye: writings on photography and photographers
The first compilation of writings by a master of photography. One of the leading lights in photography of the twentieth century, Henri Cartier-Bresson is also a shrewd observer and critic.
Henri Cartier-Bresson, Michael L. Sand, 1999
3
Street Photography: From Atget to Cartier-Bresson
Looking closely at the work of Atget, Kertesz, Bovis, Rene-Jacques, Brassai, Doisneau, Cartier- Bresson and more, this elegantly written book, extensively illustrated with both well-known and neglected works, unpicks Parisian street ...
Clive Scott, 2013
4
Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Biography
A vivid portrait of the influential twentieth-century portrait photographer documents his early devotion to surrealism, his effort to raise awareness about the human experience in the wake of key political events, and his seminal ...
Pierre Assouline, 2005
5
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Born in 1908 in France, Henri Cartier-Bresson is considered to be the father of modern photojournalism.
Clément Chéroux, 2008
6
Henri Cartier-Bresson, Walker Evans: photographing America ...
Compares the work of two forefront twentieth-century photographers, discussing their shared 1935 exhibit at the Julien Levy Gallery in New York, their parallel achievements in America between 1929 and 1947, and their use of photography as a ...
Henri Cartier-Bresson, Agnès Sire, Walker Evans, 2009
7
Henri Cartier-Bresson Scrapbook: Photographs 1932 - 1946 ; ...
Published in its entirety for the first time, a memorial volume of the late iconic photographer's famous 1940s scrapbook features restored images of his prints and showcases the pieces hand-selected by the photographer that originally ...
‎2007
8
Mexico-New York: Álvarez Bravo, Cartier-Bresson, Walker Evans
Photographs by Cartier Bresson, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Walker Evans. Text by Mercedes Iturbe, Roberto Tejada.
Manuel Álvarez Bravo, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Walker Evans, 2003
9
An Inner Silence: The Portraits of Henri Cartier-Bresson
Published to coincide with a first Fondation exhibition to be drawn entirely from the twentieth-century photographer's archives, a volume of famous and lesser-known works is comprised of pieces that most represent Cartier-Bresson's ...
‎2010
10
Henri Cartier-Bresson: America in Passing
This title brings together the images from Cartier-Bresson's various assignments in the United States, which he first visited in the mid-1930s. Spanning several decades, these works show the rich social diversity of American society.
Henri Cartier-Bresson, 1996

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CARTIER-BRESSON»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Cartier-Bresson is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Claude Iverné, 2015 HCB Award Winner
Attributed by the Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson every other year, the HCB Award is a prize of 35 000 euro to stimulate a photographer's ... «The Eye of Photography, Jul 15»
2
Five Photo Books That Are Sure to Inspire You
Henri Cartier-Bresson and Walker Evans had already done large photographic projects on America, but Frank's was substantially different. «The Phoblographer, Jul 15»
3
GaryG Goes To Paris To Pick Up Custom Boucheron Cufflinks Or …
... opportunity to visit the vaults containing original negatives, contact sheets, and prints from Magnum legends including Henri Cartier-Bresson, ... «Quill & Pad, Jul 15»
4
Arles 2015 : Together, photography : The collections of the MEP
... Brassaï, Harry Callahan, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Raymond Depardon, Robert Doisneau, Rineke Dijkstra, William Eggleston, Mario Giacomelli ... «The Eye of Photography, Jul 15»
5
Raymond Cauchetier's Nouvelle Vague: “Artists are creators. I am a …
[Henri] Cartier-Bresson said that the Rolleiflex is inept because if God wanted us to take pictures like that he would have given us eyes level ... «British Journal of Photography, Jul 15»
6
Charles Harbutt, Photojournalist With an Eye for Art, Dies at 79
... “away from certainly the European paradigm of Cartier-Bresson, and away from the narrative paradigm of Gene Smith to something very, very ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
7
The Man Who Saw America
To Frank, the French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson's idea of a ''decisive moment'' in photography seemed reductive. Frank was in ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
8
Vivian Maier: Works by critically acclaimed 'unknown' photographer …
... seen as one of the great photographers of the 20th century, mentioned in the same breath as Brassaï, Weegee and Henri Cartier-Bresson. «Yahoo News UK, Jul 15»
9
A Seasoned Photographer Captures the Drama of the American …
Early in his career, Henri Cartier-Bresson advised him to study the Italian Quattrocento painters but refused to give an explanation why. «Slate Magazine, Jul 15»
10
Lens | Charles Harbutt: Photographer, Teacher, Mentor
... it in a direction away from literalism or classicism, away from certainly the European paradigm of Cartier-Bresson and away from the narrative ... «New York Times, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Cartier-Bresson [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/cartier-bresson>. May 2024 ».
Download the educalingo app
en
English dictionary
Discover all that is hidden in the words on
index
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z