Behind the Gare Saint-Lazare

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'''''Behind the Gare Saint-Lazare''''' is a black and white photograph taken by French photographer [[Henri Cartier-Bresson]] in [[Paris]] in 1932. The picture has variable dimensions, according to the different prints, being one of them of 44,8 by 29,8 cm. It is one of his best known and more critically acclaimed photographs and became iconic of his style that attempted to capture the [[decisive moment]] in photography. The photograph was considered one of the 100 most influential pictures of all times by [[Time (magazine)|Time]] magazine.<ref>[https://ift.tt/2nFkpeg Behind the Gare Saint-Lazare, Time 200 Photos]</ref>

The spontaneous photograph was taken by Cartier-Bresson at the Place de l'Europe, outside the Saint-Lazare train station, in [[Paris]], with his portable [[Leica]] camera, that he used to create pictures that depicted his attempted [[decisive moment]]. In this case, he took aim to a man who leaps over a wet ground, without touching it, while his shadow is reflected beneath him. Behind him posters in a wall advertise dancers, that seems to echo the man's movement, and the Railowski Circus. Cartier-Bresson explained that "There was a plank fence around some repairs behind the Gare [Saint] Lazare, and I was peeking through the spaces with my camera eye. This is what I saw. The space between the planks was not entirely wide enough for my lens, which is the reason the picture is cut off on the left."<ref>[https://ift.tt/35GTJ63 Henri Cartier-Bresson at Art Story]</ref><ref>[https://ift.tt/35stnnU Behind the Gare Saint-Lazare, Paris, Phillips]</ref><ref>[https://ift.tt/2RfPs0V Behind the Gare Saint-Lazare, Paris (2), Phillips]</ref>

There are prints of this photograph at the Foundation Henri Cartier-Bresson, in [[Paris]], the [[Museum of Modern Art]], in [[New York City|New York]], the [[International Center of Photography]], in [[New York City|New York]], and the [[San Francisco Museum of Modern Art]].<ref>[https://ift.tt/32nO2Yq Behind the Gare Saint-Lazare, Museum of Modern Art, New York]</ref><ref>[https://ift.tt/32mxoII Behind the Gare Saint-Lazare, Paris, International Center of Photography]</ref><ref>[https://ift.tt/32rIAE9 Behind the Gare Saint-Lazare, Paris, 1932, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art]</ref>

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[[Category:1932 in art]]
[[Category:Black-and-white photographs]]
[[Category:1930s photographs]]

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