Henri Cartier-Bresson was born in 1908 in France. Bresson really began his artistic career in 1927 when he entered the private art school Lhote Academy to study painting, which he later described as "photography without a camera". After his time at the Lhote Academy Bresson went on to become the master of candid street photography. He was heavily influenced by surrealist painters and his formal artistic training could be seen in his photographs through his masterful composition and careful technique. His photography took him all over the world and eventually to be the first western photographer to "freely" shoot in post-war soviet union.
I think that this is an excellent example of Cartier-Bresson's photographic style. His beautiful and careful composition shown through his use of the lines of the stairs and railing in addition the the interesting perspective. However, he also catches the perfect split-second moment of the biker moving on the street below.
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