"Arizona," 1947. Henri Cartier-Bresson.

I’ve recently been very much attracted to the photographs of Henri Cartier-Bresson. He captures that same sentiment that I’ve been trying to blog here since the creation of this tumblr account. His pieces glimpse those milliseconds of reality that pass so remarkably quickly, never again to occur outside of our memories. While admiring his pieces I not only find an ability to travel through time as I do with many snapshots of the past, rather, I catch an empathic message of that subtle realism that one feels when they move out of their first home and realize that space will never be so completely “theirs” again. His shots catch that view from the car window that caused you to pause, smile, or reminisce. They are as powerful today as they were in the world in which they were taken and cause us to be more mindful of the moments today we will soon loose. Snapshots of life? That’s a little too corny for my tastes. I would say rather that they are memento mori’s composed of reminders of life rather than of death. Thus by that process of capturing life, remind us to live — which is really the only way to evade death.

I will be posting his photographs probably for the next week if not longer. Enjoy.

Original source: http://www.afterimagegallery.com/bressonarizona.htm