UHenri-Cartier Bresson waziwa ngani?
Context:Izithombe zeMagnum Ekuqaleni kuka-1947, uCartier-Bresson, noRobert Capa, uDavid Seymour, uWilliam Vandivert noGeorge Rodger basungula iMagnum Photos. Umqondo kaCapa, iMagnum kwakuyinhlangano yezithombe enobambiswano ephethwe amalungu ayo. Ithimba lahlukanisa izabelo zezithombe phakathi kwamalungu alo. URodger, owayeshiye iLife eLondon ngemva kokubika ngeMpi Yezwe II, wayezobika nge-Afrika neMpumalanga Ephakathi. UChim, owayekhuluma izilimi ezihlukahlukene zaseYurophu, wayezosebenza eYurophu. I-Cartier-Bresson yayiyokwabelwa eNdiya naseChina. UVandivert, naye owayeshiye i-Life, wayezosebenza eMelika, futhi uCapa wayezosebenza noma kuphi lapho ayethunyelwe khona. UMaria Eisner wayephethe ihhovisi laseParis kanti uRita Vandivert, umkaVandivert, wayephethe ihhovisi laseNew York futhi waba ngumongameli wokuqala kaMagnum.  UCartier-Bresson wazuza ukuqashelwa emhlabeni wonke ngokusakaza kwakhe ngomngcwabo kaGandhi eNdiya ngo-1948 kanye nesigaba sokugcina seMpi Yombango YaseChina ngo-1949. Wabika ngezinyanga eziyisithupha zokugcina zokubusa kukaKhomintang nezinyanga eziyisithupha zokuqala zeMaoist People's Republic. Waphinde wathatha izithombe zezinduna zokugcina zaseBeijing ezazisaphila, njengoba leli dolobha lalikhululwa amakhomanisi. E-Shanghai, wayevame ukusebenza enkampanini yezithombe zezithombe uSam Tata, uCartier-Bresson owayengumngane wakhe ngaphambili eBombay. Esuka eChina, waqhubeka waya eDutch East Indies (e-Indonesia), lapho abhala khona ngokuzuza inkululeko kumaDashi. Ngo-1950, uCartier-Bresson wayeye eNingizimu India. Wayevakashele eTiruvannamalai, idolobha eliseSifundazweni saseNdiya iTamil Nadu futhi wathatha izithombe zezikhathi zokugcina zikaRamana Maharishi, iSri Ramana Ashram nezindawo ezizungezile. Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa kamuva wavakashela futhi wathatha izithombe zikaSri Aurobindo, uMama noSri Aurobindo Ashram, ePondicherry.  Injongo kaMagnum kwakuwukuzwa ukushaya kwenhliziyo" kwalezi zikhathi kanti amanye amaphrojekthi ayo okuqala kwakuyi-People Live Everywhere, Youth of the World, Women of the World kanye ne-The Child Generation. IMagnum yayihlose ukusebenzisa izithombe ukuze kuzuze isintu, futhi yanikeza izithombe ezihlaba umxhwele ezazisakazwa kabanzi.  Isikhathi Esibalulekile  Uhlelo lwaseMelika lwango-1952 lwencwadi kaCartier-Bresson ka-1952 ethi The Decisive Moment (Izithombe ezise-sauvette).  Isithombe sika-Alberto Giacometti esenziwa uCartier-Bresson Ngo-1952, uCartier-Bresson washicilela incwadi yakhe ethi Images à la sauvette, eyayinesihloko esithi The Decisive Moment, nakuba isihloko sesiFulentshi empeleni sihumusha ngokuthi "izithombe ezicashile" noma "izithombe ezithathwe ngokuphuthumayo", i-Images à la sauvette yayihlanganisa iphothifoliyo yezithombe zakhe ezingu-126 ezivela eMpumalanga naseNtshonalanga. Isembozo sale ncwadi sidwetshwe nguHenri Matisse. Esandulelweni sakhe sefilosofi esingamagama angu-4 500, uCartier-Bresson wathatha umbhalo wakhe oyisihluthulelo kuKhadinali de Retz wekhulu le-17, "Il n'y a rien dans ce monde qui n'ait un moment décisif" ("Ayikho into kuleli zwe engenaso isikhathi esinqumayo"). UCartier-Bresson wasebenzisa lokhu esithombeni sakhe. Wathi: "Fotographier: c'est dans un même instant et en une fraction de seconde reconnaître un fait et l'organisation rigoureuse de formes perçues visuellement qui expriment et signifient ce fait" ("Kimi, ukuthwebula izithombe kuwukuqaphela ngesikhathi esisodwa, engxenyeni yesekhondi, ukubaluleka kwesenzakalo kanye nokuhlelwa okunembile kwamafomu anikeza leso senzakalo inkulumo yaso efanele").  Zombili lezi zihloko zavela kuTériade, umshicileli ongumFulentshi owazalelwa eGrisi uCartier-Bresson ayemhlonipha. Wanika le ncwadi isihloko sesiFulentshi esithi, Images à la Sauvette, esihunyushwa ngokuthi "izithombe ezibalekile" noma "izithombe ezebiwe". UDick Simon weSimon & Schuster weza nesihloko sesiNgisi esithi The Decisive Moment. UMargot Shore, induna yehhovisi likaMagnum eParis, wahumushela isandulela sikaCartier-Bresson sesiFulentshi esiNgisini.  "Ukuthwebula izithombe akufani nokudweba", kusho uCartier-Bresson etshela iWashington Post ngo-1957. "Kunengxenyana yomzuzwana yokudala lapho uthatha isithombe. Iso lakho kumelwe libone ukwakheka okuthile noma ukubukeka okuthile okuvezwa ukuphila ngokwako, futhi kumelwe wazi ngokuqonda ukuthi kufanele uchofoze nini ikhamera. Yilapho-ke lapho umthwebuli wezithombe eqala khona ukudala", esho. "Awu! Isikhathi! Uma usulahlekelwe yiwo, awusekho unomphela".  Lesi sithombe esiseRue Mouffetard, eParis, esithathwe ngo-1954, kusukela ngaleso sikhathi siye saba isibonelo esivelele sekhono likaCartier-Bresson lokubamba umzuzu onqumayo. Wabeka umbukiso wakhe wokuqala eFrance ePavillon de Marsan ngo-1955.
UHenri Cartier-Bresson ungumthwebuli wezithombe waseFrance wangasekuqaleni kwekhulu lama-20. Waziwa ngezithombe zakhe zasemgwaqweni futhi wayedume kakhulu ngenkathi esebenzela i-ejensi kaMagnum ayisungula. Wathola ukuqashelwa emhlabeni wonke ngokusakaza kwakhe umngcwabo kaGandhi. Kamuva, incwadi yakhe ebizwa ngokuthi "isikhathi esinqumayo", ichaza indlela yakhe yokuthwebula izithombe: ukuthwebula umzuzu njengoba kwenzeka, emigwaqweni.