Henri Cartier Bresson, born on the 22nd of August 1908; is a well known street photographer and has a very influential style on photography. He is one of the first photographers to use a 35mm film, and as one can tell from his images, he often shot in black and white. Unfortunately, Bresson gave up taking photographs 30 years before he passed away on the 3rd of August 2004.
Through the above photograph, Bresson saw the world from a different angle and often experimented as he travelled. This image was taken during his many trips around South America. He immersed himself into the diferent cultures that he came across, and applied geometry to his images poetically.

One of the reasons why I chose one of Bresson's street photographs as my inspiration is his love for the black and white effect. This photograph I took in the rural areas of the Northwest province, and the person in it was not aware that the picture was being taken. Even though it is not as physically similar to that of Bresson; both images convey beautiful nostalgia. This photograph carries a sentimental message and a form of remembrance of how things were done before the emergence of technology. More similarity lies on the rural aspect of both images; the corrugated iron, old sentiments and objects in both photographs, as well as that poetic geometry I mentioned above.

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