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Past the decisive Moment (triptych) analog C-Print, 128x401 cm installed
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Past the decisive Moment - Stranger than Paradise (triptych) - 2006
3x128x125cm, 120x401cm
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
H 50.4 in W 157.88 in D 0.04 in
Cowboy on Horseback in the Rain
By Bob Kuhn
Located in Miami, FL
Oil on Board painting for American Weekly Magazine November 15, 1953. The decisive moment of a
Category
1950s American Realist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Decisive Moment
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Frank Chiodo is a contemporary painter whose dynamic work centers on organic abstraction. Through the interplay of color and gesture on the canvas, he creates a compelling dialogue t...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Saturday in the Synagogue, Leningrad, 1973 - Henri Cartier-Bresson
By Henri Cartier-Bresson
Located in London, GB
Photos in 1947 and champion of the “decisive moment”. He brought a new aesthetic and practice to
Category
1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Canteen for Workers Building the Hotel Metropol, Moscow, 1954
By Henri Cartier-Bresson
Located in London, GB
Photos in 1947 and champion of the “decisive moment”. He brought a new aesthetic and practice to
Category
1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
On the Place Du Tertre, Montmartre, Paris, 1952 - Henri Cartier-Bresson
By Henri Cartier-Bresson
Located in London, GB
Photos in 1947 and champion of the “decisive moment”. He brought a new aesthetic and practice to
Category
1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Mardi Gras, Tarascon, Bouches-Du-Rhone, 1960 - Henri Cartier-Bresson
By Henri Cartier-Bresson
Located in London, GB
twentieth-century, was one of the co-founders of Magnum Photos in 1947 and champion of the “decisive moment
Category
1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Rue De Bassano, 8th Arrondissement, Paris, 1953 - Henri Cartier-Bresson
By Henri Cartier-Bresson
Located in London, GB
1947 and champion of the “decisive moment”. He brought a new aesthetic and practice to photography
Category
1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
District of Menilmontant, 20th arrondissement, Paris, 1969
By Henri Cartier-Bresson
Located in London, GB
Photos in 1947 and champion of the “decisive moment”. He brought a new aesthetic and practice to
Category
Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Cosmonauts, Leningrad Avenue, Moscow, 1972 - Henri Cartier-Bresson
By Henri Cartier-Bresson
Located in London, GB
Photos in 1947 and champion of the “decisive moment”. He brought a new aesthetic and practice to
Category
1970s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Lilya Brik, Moscow, 1954 - Henri Cartier-Bresson (Black and White Photography)
By Henri Cartier-Bresson
Located in London, GB
co-founders of Magnum Photos in 1947 and champion of the “decisive moment”. He brought a new
Category
1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Seville, 1933 - Henri Cartier-Bresson (Black and White Photography)
By Henri Cartier-Bresson
Located in London, GB
Photos in 1947 and champion of the “decisive moment”. He brought a new aesthetic and practice to
Category
1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Pro Fidel Castro Demonstration, New York, 1960 - Henri Cartier-Bresson
By Henri Cartier-Bresson
Located in London, GB
1947 and champion of the “decisive moment”. He brought a new aesthetic and practice to photography
Category
1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Saul Steinberg, Vermont, 1947 - Henri Cartier-Bresson (Black and White)
By Henri Cartier-Bresson
Located in London, GB
Photos in 1947 and champion of the “decisive moment”. He brought a new aesthetic and practice to
Category
1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Paris, 1968 - Henri Cartier-Bresson (Black and White Photography)
By Henri Cartier-Bresson
Located in London, GB
Photos in 1947 and champion of the “decisive moment”. He brought a new aesthetic and practice to
Category
1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Joinville-Le-Pont, 1938 - Henri Cartier-Bresson (Black and White Photography)
By Henri Cartier-Bresson
Located in London, GB
co-founders of Magnum Photos in 1947 and champion of the “decisive moment”. He brought a new
Category
1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Paris, 1932 - Henri Cartier-Bresson (Black and White Photography)
By Henri Cartier-Bresson
Located in London, GB
Photos in 1947 and champion of the “decisive moment”. He brought a new aesthetic and practice to
Category
1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
French Art Dealer Pierre Colle, Paris, 1932 - Henri Cartier-Bresson
By Henri Cartier-Bresson
Located in London, GB
Photos in 1947 and champion of the “decisive moment”. He brought a new aesthetic and practice to
Category
1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
La Defense, Paris, France, 1972 - Henri Cartier-Bresson (Black and White)
By Henri Cartier-Bresson
Located in London, GB
Photos in 1947 and champion of the “decisive moment”. He brought a new aesthetic and practice to
Category
1970s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Bastille Day Party, Paris, circa 1952 - Henri Cartier-Bresson
By Henri Cartier-Bresson
Located in London, GB
Photos in 1947 and champion of the “decisive moment”. He brought a new aesthetic and practice to
Category
1950s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Hyde Park, London - Henri Cartier-Bresson (Black and White Photography)
By Henri Cartier-Bresson
Located in London, GB
co-founders of Magnum Photos in 1947 and champion of the “decisive moment”. He brought a new
Category
Mid-20th Century Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Roman Amphitheater, Valencia, Spain
By Henri Cartier-Bresson
Located in New York, NY
. His photographs may be summed up through a phrase of his own: “the decisive moment,” the magical
Category
1930s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Faerie
By Zoë Zimmerman
Located in Sante Fe, NM
and utilizing antique and obsolete photographic processes, I also began to reject the ‘decisive moment
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Other Medium
Biologique
By Zoë Zimmerman
Located in Sante Fe, NM
and utilizing antique and obsolete photographic processes, I also began to reject the ‘decisive moment
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Other Medium
Eclipse
By Zoë Zimmerman
Located in Sante Fe, NM
and utilizing antique and obsolete photographic processes, I also began to reject the ‘decisive moment
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Other Medium
Her Mother's Garden
By Zoë Zimmerman
Located in Sante Fe, NM
and utilizing antique and obsolete photographic processes, I also began to reject the ‘decisive moment
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Other Medium
"NY Time, 46th Street." from the photographic series "My City Recently Removed"
By Sean Hemmerle
Located in New York, NY
have been photographed, caught, in the "decisive moment" crossing a sign, and obscuring it. Not only
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Pigment
Ballantine Beer Ad. Mid-Century American Illustration
Located in Miami, FL
covers her giggling face reacting to a funny comment.
The decisive moment is preserved.
Sounds like a
Category
1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Board, Gouache
Diver, Dortmund, Germany, Black and White Documentary Photography 1960s
By Leonard Freed
Located in New york, NY
Freed's mastery as a photographer, his ability to translate the 'decisive moment', with diver as subject
Category
1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
The Observer, Jackson Nash Portrait by Graham Nash
By Graham Nash
Located in Soquel, CA
he aims to capture through his lens is, "everyday, ordinary surrealism - the decisive moment." There
Category
1980s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Laid Paper, Archival Ink
The Observer, Portrait of Jackson Nash by Graham Nash
By Graham Nash
Located in Soquel, CA
- the decisive moment." There is indeed a hyper-present, unvarnished integrity to his images - as with
Category
1980s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Laid Paper, Archival Ink
Street Walkers - New York Street Photography Abstraction
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
perfect harmony. The notion of capturing the " The Decisive Moment " still exists but as defined by Funk
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
2 1/4 Eggleston (Limited Edition Monograph Hand signed by William Eggleston)
By William Eggleston
Located in New York, NY
began taking pictures in the early 1960s after reading Henri Cartier-Bresson's The Decisive Moment
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Mixed Media, Permanent Marker, Lithograph, Offset
H 11.75 in W 11.75 in D 1 in
Untitled from The RFK Funeral Train
By Paul Fusco
Located in New York, NY
with artistic precision of the decisive moment. If there was ever an example of a photographer being
Category
1960s Color Photography
Materials
Color
Untitled from The RFK Funeral Train
By Paul Fusco
Located in New York, NY
precision of the decisive moment. If there was ever an example of a photographer being “in the zone” Fusco’s
Category
1960s Color Photography
Materials
Color
No Wings to Fly
By Javier Calleja
Located in Palo Alto, CA
is presented in a standing posture with straight feet and bent at the waist, frozen in the decisive
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media
"Boxcar CSXT 994 371" Contemporary Freight Train photograph, do not hump text
By Stephen Mallon
Located in New York, NY
intersect. He has chosen the “decisive moment” to capture these speeding boxcars photographically. There is
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
C Print
Game (bob cat, female tennis player, ball, vintage, animal, surrealist painting
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
the poised figure of a female tennis player, captured in the decisive moment before her swing. Her
Category
2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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H 15.75 in W 15.75 in D 0.99 in
"Susan - Waiting '78" - Figurative Black & White Photograph, 4/25
By Graham Nash
Located in Soquel, CA
, "everyday, ordinary surrealism - the decisive moment." There is indeed a hyper-present, unvarnished
Category
1980s Realist Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Rag Paper
H 22.25 in W 24.5 in D 0.1 in
"Japanese Poster", Modern Pop Art Black & White Limited Edition Photograph 12/25
By Graham Nash
Located in Soquel, CA
to capture through his lens is, "everyday, ordinary surrealism - the decisive moment." There is
Category
1980s Pop Art Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Laid Paper
H 22.25 in W 24.5 in D 0.1 in
"Jackson Backwards", Black & White Photograph Portrait w Sunglasses, 13/25
By Graham Nash
Located in Soquel, CA
- the decisive moment." There is indeed a hyper-present, unvarnished integrity to his images - as with
Category
1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Paper
H 24.33 in W 22.25 in D 0.1 in
Susan Carrying Willie - Figurative Black & White Photograph, 12/25
By Graham Nash
Located in Soquel, CA
- the decisive moment." There is indeed a hyper-present, unvarnished integrity to his images - as with
Category
1980s Realist Figurative Photography
Materials
Rag Paper, Archival Ink
H 22.25 in W 24.5 in D 0.1 in
Passing Freight -Contemporary color photograph "BKTY 15325" freight train series
By Stephen Mallon
Located in New York, NY
. He has chosen the “decisive moment” to capture these speeding boxcars photographically. There is an
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Passing Freight -Contemporary color photograph "RBOX 33863" freight train series
By Stephen Mallon
Located in New York, NY
capture unique images where they intersect. He has chosen the “decisive moment” to capture these speeding
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Moses and the Pillar of Cloud by Lucas Cranach the Elder and Studio
By Lucas Cranach the Elder
Located in New Orleans, LA
oil on panel by Lucas Cranach and his studio captures the narrative moment when Moses leads the
Category
16th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
H 12.88 in W 22.5 in D 2 in
Urban Journey 75674, Fine Art Photography, Mounted in Plexiglass
By John Duckworth
Located in Armonk, NY
deemed “the decisive moment”- the moment when cinematic narrative emerges from the chaos. Rather than
Category
2010s Abstract Landscape Photography
Materials
Plexiglass
Urban Journey 75674, Fine Art Photography, Framed in Plexiglass
By John Duckworth
Located in Armonk, NY
deemed “the decisive moment”- the moment when cinematic narrative emerges from the chaos. Rather than
Category
2010s Abstract Landscape Photography
Materials
Plexiglass
"IC 9977138" Contemporary Color Photograph, railroad freight train with mountain
By Stephen Mallon
Located in New York, NY
intersect. He has chosen the “decisive moment” to capture these speeding boxcars photographically. There is
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Urban Journey 75674, Fine Art Photography, Framed in Plexiglass
By John Duckworth
Located in Armonk, NY
deemed “the decisive moment”- the moment when cinematic narrative emerges from the chaos. Rather than
Category
2010s Abstract Landscape Photography
Materials
Plexiglass
Freight Train Contemporary Photograph, "Undercutter" 20"x60" C-Print
By Stephen Mallon
Located in New York, NY
intersect. He has chosen the “decisive moment” to capture these speeding boxcars photographically. There is
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Freight Train Contemporary Photograph, "Undercutter" Limited Edition C-Print
By Stephen Mallon
Located in New York, NY
intersect. He has chosen the “decisive moment” to capture these speeding boxcars photographically. There is
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
"Locomotive BNSF 3845" limited edition photograph (freight train in landscape)
By Stephen Mallon
Located in New York, NY
environment to capture unique images where they intersect. He has chosen the “decisive moment” to capture
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Passing Freight -Contemporary color photograph "BR 35535" freight train series
By Stephen Mallon
Located in New York, NY
, subject and environment to capture unique images where they intersect. He has chosen the “decisive moment
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
"UP6658 Locomotive" 20"x60" limited edition color photograph
By Stephen Mallon
Located in New York, NY
capture unique images where they intersect. He has chosen the “decisive moment” to capture these speeding
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
"TTZX 85009" 20"x60" limited edition photograph (freight train in landscape)
By Stephen Mallon
Located in New York, NY
. He has chosen the “decisive moment” to capture these speeding boxcars photographically. There is an
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Mary Nash Portrait, 12/25
By Graham Nash
Located in Soquel, CA
, "everyday, ordinary surrealism - the decisive moment." There is indeed a hyper-present, unvarnished
Category
1980s Realist Black and White Photography
Materials
Laid Paper, Archival Ink
Minerva, 2000
By Todd Burris
Located in Hudson, NY
Bill King and inspired by the decisive moment made known by the Henri Cartier Bresson. He defies the
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Eyeglasses, 1993
By Todd Burris
Located in Hudson, NY
Bill King and inspired by the decisive moment made known by the Henri Cartier Bresson. He defies the
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Jane, 1996
By Todd Burris
Located in Hudson, NY
Bill King and inspired by the decisive moment made known by the Henri Cartier Bresson. He defies the
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Leaping, Ocean, 1994
By Todd Burris
Located in Hudson, NY
Bill King and inspired by the decisive moment made known by the Henri Cartier Bresson. He defies the
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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