I love Cartier-Bresson and I somewhat like Charlie Rose - when he's not being a pompous ass; which is most of the time. This interview brings these two things together wonderfully. Cartier-Bresson has Rose on the back foot the whole way through, refusing to pick up on his hopeless pandering and constantly catching him out with 90 degree twists and turns.Charlie: "Is there a moment for you that you know when to snap?"
Henri: :When the subject takes me"
Charlie: "Did surrealism affect your photography?"
Henri: "I don't know I've never thought about it...."
Charlie: "You were very young (at the time of Surrealism)"
Henri: "I don't know what young means. You are alive, or not!"
Charlie: "the brain is young, and the heart is young..."
Henri: "I'm an anarchist!"
Charlie: "You're an anarchist, in what way?"
Henri: "I'll answer only in front of the police"
Charlie: "something must have aede you want to be a photographer..."
Henri: "[exasperated] I don't consider myself a photographer"
Henri: "I was always very lucky because I always had in my hip pocket...[he taps his back pocket]"
Charlie: "Money?"
Henri: "NO. Film"
Charlie: "Why do you do it? You shoot photography because it's what you do"
Henri: "Because it's quicker than drawing"
Even if you don't like photography, watch this master at work. A modest giant in the world of art and photography and, by the looks of it, a lovely man. He's also pretty sozzled by the end of the interview.
Enjoy.
Henri Cartier Bresson on Charlie Rose
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