...the smallest thing...

Little world, originally uploaded by Kika BR.

In photography, the smallest thing can become a big subject, an insignificant human detail can become a leitmotiv. We see and we make seen as a witness to the world around us; the event, in its natural activity, generates an organic rhythm of forms.


Henri Cartier-Bresson

Portrait...

Rostos de Portugal 004, originally uploaded by Rui Farinha.

The most difficult thing for me is a portrait. You have to try and put your camera between the skin of a person and his shirt.


Henri Cartier-Bresson

We cannot...

Vidas..., originally uploaded by Azorina.

We photographers deal in things which are continually vanishing, and when they have vanished there is no contrivance on earth can make them come back again. We cannot develop and print a memory.


Henri Cartier-Bresson

To photograph...

Filhotes de Pardal (Passer domesticus) Young House Sparrows, originally uploaded by Maria Rego.

To photograph is to hold one's breath, when all faculties converge to capture fleeting reality. It's at that precise moment that mastering an image becomes a great physical and intellectual joy.
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Fotografar é segurar o sopro quando todas as nossas faculdades convergem para captar a realidade fugidia; é quando a captura de uma imagem é uma grande alegria física e intelectual.


Henri Cartier-Bresson