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- Bresson In The Ashram main building
Henrie Cartier Bresson In The Ashram
During his youth and early manhood Sri Aurobindo was photographed
around a dozen times. As many pictures were taken during the four
years (1906-10) that he was a public figure. After his withdrawal
to Pondicherry he was photographed more rarely; still about ten
portraits from the 1910-26 period exist. Several of them show him
posing before artificial backdrops of the kind used in studios in
those days.
Resource name: /The Ashram/Special Visitors/H C Bresson/Biography.htm
Biography
Henri Cartier-Bresson (August 22,
1908 – August 3, 2004) was a French photographer
considered to be the father of modern photojournalism who
visited India photographed Sri Auobindo &
Sri Ramana Maharshi. He was an early adopter
of 35 mm format, and the master of candid
photography. He helped develop the "street photography" or
"life reportage" style that has influence
Documents in the Life of Sri Aurobindo
THE LAST PHOTOGRAPHS OF SRI AUROBINDO
Written documents nave been reproduced verbatim, unedited except
within square brackets. Oral and transcribed documents have been
edited for clarity but not altered in substance. The fact that a
historical document comes from an authentic source does not
guarantee the truth of every statement in it. Observant readers will
find many statements in the present series of documents that are not
consistent with one another or simply untrue. Many of these
inconsistencies and inaccuracies are discussed in Archival Notes.
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