Who Is Cartier-Bresson's Beauty?

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There’s no need of colors to tell a story or to show emotions, art speaks by itself, its always what you read and the meaning you get from it. His muse, thats what Martine may be, Cartier-Bresson’s inspiration at the moment. Her posture while reading a book, her long beautiful legs that show every aspect of elegance in a woman, your eyes go straight to those legs, thats the main attention. Although, she seems relax, its undoubtedly the elegance she shows, that particular elegance of the women in the 1960’s. Yet, we don't need to see her face to know her beauty. Her remarkable style, a white and black dress, three inch high heels, already tall enough, she doesn't need higher

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