Photo Journalism

Photo journalism is the idea of being able to create a still frame of reality, as it happens. This has meant that more and more people have been able to view what was happening at the same time.
Henri Cartier-Bresson is supposedly known as the 'godfather' of photojournalism. By being able to create stills in reality without pausing to think. Henri would see something that appealed and waiting for an extra character, i.e a bicycle, to pass through the frame which in turn gave the picture a sense of movement and freedom.
Henri Cartier-Bresson first used a Leica camera, which allowed one eye to see through the camera and the other being able to see what else was going on, possibly outside of the frame. This meant that Henri was able to see something appealing, and wait for the frame shot to be improved. One of his most famous pictures was the Behind the Gare St. Lazare, Paris. The movement and freedom shown in pictures is expressed here more then others, the movement of the person moving forward; jumping over the puddle is shown by the position of his legs as well as his second foot 'hovering' above the puddle. Freedom is shown by the ripple marks in the puddle, spreading out until the waters edge.





The decisive moment is where the shutter button is pressed at exactly the right time, to get the best picture from the surroundings and objects. This is partly influenced by the few seconds before the moment.