“My 2CV had stopped at a red light alongside the bank of the Rhône where some kids were playing. The composition was good: click. The light turned green and the flow of traffic carried me on to my next shot.”
~ Willy Ronis
(1910-2009)
Willy Ronis’ quick snapshot of children playing by the Rhône shows how photography can reveal the beauty in everyday life. In a single moment, movement and emotion come together. Ronis was one of the great masters of 20th Century photography. His work reminds us that the extraordinary often exists in the simplest, most ordinary scenes.
