Henri Cartier-Bresson

Henri Cartier-Bresson was a French artist and humanist photographer considered a master of candid photography, and an early user of 35mm film. He pioneered the genre of street photography, and viewed photography as capturing a decisive moment.

22 August 1908

Born on the same birth date (22 August 1908): Erwin Thiesies

Born on the same birth day (22 August): Charles Francis Jenkins • Denton Cooley • Elisabeth Murdoch (businesswoman) • George Herriman • Giacomo Bonaventura • Heiðar Helguson • Jenna Leigh Green • Julius J. Epstein • Leni Riefenstahl • Pac (wrestler) • Randall Cobb (American football) • Samuel Langley • Scooter Libby • Seiko Yamamoto • Stevie Ray • Ulrich Wegener • Valerie Harper

Born in the same month (August 1908): Aubrey Schenck • Billy Gonsalves • Don Bradman • Edgar Faure • Harold Holt • José García Villa • Kurt Eichhorn • Olav H. Hauge • Rica Erickson • Torgny T:son Segerstedt • Walter Bruno Henning • William Keepers Maxwell Jr. • William Saroyan