- Born
- Died
- Nickname
- The Eye of the Century
- Henri Cartier-Bresson was born on August 22, 1908 in Chanteloup-en-Brie, Seine-et-Marne, France. He was a director and writer, known for The Rules of the Game (1939), L'Espagne vivra (1939) and Life Is Ours (1936). He was married to Martine Franck and Ratna (Elie) Mohini. He died on August 2, 2004 in l'Ile-sur-Sorgue, Vaucluse, France.
- SpousesMartine Franck(1970 - August 2, 2004) (his death, 1 child)Ratna (Elie) Mohini(May 18, 1937 - 1967) (divorced)
- French photographer
- Co-founded the ground-breaking Magnum photo agency in 1947 with two of the other pre-eminent photographers of the time, Robert Capa and David Seymour, but left in 1966 to concentrate on portraiture and landscapes.
- Received Grand Prix National de la Photographie in Paris in 1981
- The eldest of three children, he was interested mainly in painting. At the age of 20, he turned his back on the lucrative family textile business to study art.
- He has one daughter Melanie from his marriage to Martine Franck.
- In whatever one does, there must be a relationship between the eye and the heart.
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