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May 26, 2016 the mind s eye is an exhibition in cooperation with the fondation cartier bresson, paris. He studied painting and then began to photograph in the early 1930s. Henri cartierbresson the minds eye photography book. When its too late, then you know with a terrible clarity exactly where you failed.
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