Blades Quote by Henri Cartier-Bresson

“Time runs and flows and only our death succeeds in catching up with it. Photography is a blade which, in eternity, impales the dazzling moment.” quote by Henri Cartier-Bresson — Download Open image

“Time runs and flows and only our death succeeds in catching up with it. Photography is a blade which, in eternity, impales the dazzling moment.”

Henri Cartier-Bresson

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