International Work

International Work

After the end of WWI, Henri Cartier-Bresson traveled east and ended up spending a lot of time in India. He ended up meeting Mahatma Gandhi and photographing him not too long before his death in 1948. His photographs of Gandhi and then the effect his death had on India became some of the most sought after photographs; eventually they went to become one of Time Magazine’s most prized collections.

            After catching the travel bug, Cartier-Bresson continued to move eastward and ended up traveling through most of China documenting along the way. Every country he went to, he documented what he saw with his camera. He wanted to show the joys and suffering of people in foreign countries. He wanted to show these hidden gems of the world to those who would not usually get a chance to see these places. He traveled to places that some could only dream of seeing before he went and photographed these mysterious places, and they became no longer quite so mysterious.

            His work took him to several places to document the tragedy that humanity was facing. He documented the Spanish Civil War, the Chinese Revolution, and other various times of sorrow around the world. He didn’t only document the sorrow; he also documented the joyous moments as well. He was photographed George IV’s coronation and even American icon Marilyn Monroe. His work covered a wide range of subjects, but it was still all about showing society what was going on around them, both happy and sad.

Biography.com Editors. "Henri Cartier-Bresson." Bio.com. Accessed April 29, 2016. http://www.biography.com/people/henri-cartier-bresson-9240139.