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Henri Cartier-Bresson Quotes: In photography, you've got to be quick, quick, quick, quick...Like an animal and a prey.
         

In photography, you've got to be quick, quick, quick, quick...Like an animal and a prey.


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For me, the camera is a sketch book, an instrument of intuition and spontaneity.



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Oop! The Moment! Once you miss it, it is gone forever.



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