Photo - 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.

  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 The fact that a historical document comes from an authentic source does not guarantee the truth of every statement in it.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.