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Mexico City

Photograph
1963 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

This photographs demonstrate Cartier-Bresson’s impeccable skill at quickly arranging disparate elements in his viewfinder into a satisfying and often revelatory picture. The car roughly splits the composition in two. The car frames a smartly dressed couple who are seemingly oblivious to the peddlers laying out their goods on the pavement beside them.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleMexico City (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Gelatin silver print
Brief description
Photograph by Henri Cartier-Bresson, Mexico City, 1963, gelatin silver print
Physical description
Black and white photograph depicting two young girls selling fruit at the side of a road. They each have a pile of apples gathered up in the skirts of their white dresses and are seated on the roadside with their back to a car. In the front of the car is a young couple, with a man driving and his arm tightly around a woman, who is pressed against him in the driver's seat. The two fruit sellers have long tightly woven plaits in their hair.
Dimensions
  • Width: 29.5cm
  • Height: 39.5cm
Dimensions taken from departmental notes
Subjects depicted
Place depicted
Summary
This photographs demonstrate Cartier-Bresson’s impeccable skill at quickly arranging disparate elements in his viewfinder into a satisfying and often revelatory picture. The car roughly splits the composition in two. The car frames a smartly dressed couple who are seemingly oblivious to the peddlers laying out their goods on the pavement beside them.
Collection
Accession number
PH.734-1978

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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