Literature

Henri was both critical and inspirational but we had very different working methods. Henri preferred to discover things without a plan while I liked to find and develop a particular theme.”~ Martine Franck Martine’s career was carried out often under the shadow of her much celebrated husband Henri Cartier Bresson, but she was no less gifted. She joined Magnum in 1980 and possessed a strong European sensitivity.This is probally the greatest portrait of Henri ever taken. Shot in the appartment they shared for many years overlooking the Tuilerie Gardens, it captures his personality perfectly and his love of drawing, his first artistic undertaking before he discovered photography.