a. Briefly discuss Cartier-Bresson’s historical background, influences and objectives.
Henri cartier- bresson was born on the 22nd of august in 1908 in France and died august 3 2004. Cartier-Bresson was a French photographer whose humane, spontaneous photographs helped establish photojournalism as an art form.
Cartier- bresson personal influences was his uncle Louis because henri and his uncle spent many hours In his studio together they started getting very close henri started referring to his uncle as his mythical father.
b. Discuss Subject;
i. What is happening in the artwork?
In this artwork what is happening is there are 3 kids and one of …show more content…
Aesthetic Qualities: What is the mood? How is it created?
The mood of this artwork is four kids seeing what is on the other side of the wall the aesthetic quality is created by one of the kids trying to climb the wall and the other kids looking to see what they can see cartier- bresson has taken this without them knowing so cartier- bresson knows that the image that he has taken is real and not fake.
e. Discuss Composition: Identify what kind of composition is used and provide evidence to support your response.
The arrangement that has been used in this artwork by Cartier-Bresson is the first composition you see is the big wall that goes along most of the artwork the next composition that is arranged in the artwork is the buildings on either side on the wall the last composition that is seen is the four little kids because are one of the smaller elements to the artwork.
f. Discuss Focus: What is in the centre of attention in the artwork? What does it suggest or represent?
The centre of attention of this particular image is 2 kids attempting to get over the wall by climbing it. What the focus of piece suggests is that the 4 kids in the piece are trying to escape or they want to see what is on the other side of the