Natcho Aguirre, Santa Clara by Henri Cartier-Bresson

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Natcho Aguirre, Santa Clara by Henri Cartier-Bresson

Natcho Aguirre, Santa Clara
1934
Photography
Gelatin Silver Print
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, NY, USA

Shot during a trip to Mexico, “Natcho Aguirre, Santa Clara” exemplifies the influence of Surrealism on Cartier-Bresson’s work, and like Surrealist paintings his Surrealist photographs are perplexing and often disturbing visual games to provoke the subconscious mind to make the deeply personal connections. The half-naked man seemingly writhing from the remainder of his clothing could be contorted either by pain or pleasure. The shoes take on significance because of their displacement; cast aside and ordinary juxtaposed with the mysterious male torso. The lack of logic in this juxtaposition was a hallmark of Cartier-Bresson’s Surrealism.

Henri Cartier-Bresson 1908-2004

Henri Cartier-Bresson
Modern Photography, Straight Photography, Photojournalism, Documentary Photography
Born: 22 August 1908, Chantelop-en-Brie, France
Nationality: French
Died: 3 August 2004, Montjustin, France

Cartier-Bresson was an artist and humanist photographer renowned for his candid photography and as early use of 35mm film. A pioneer of Street Photography Cartier-Bresson viewed photography as capturing a decisive moment

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I am a freelance writer and poet and started writing after raising my two boys as a way of discovering just who Jez is. That is still very much an ongoing project but the journey so far has introduced me to many wonderful friends and fellow writers through an ever-growing love of poetry.