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Henri Cartier-Bresson Quotes: Some photographs are like a Chekhov short story or a Maupassant story. They're quick things and there's a whole world in them. But one is unconscious of it while shooting.
         

Some photographs are like a Chekhov short story or a Maupassant story. They're quick things and there's a whole world in them. But one is unconscious of it while shooting.


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



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