Is this the greatest photo ever taken?

[Rob MacKillop]

Subjective, I know, but I’m happy to choose it as my favourite. Everything about it is just perfect. Was it a one-off, or did they spend a whole roll trying to get it right? Either way, talk about a decisive moment. And I love the guy looking on through the railings - he makes me think I’m opposite him, also looking through the railing.

Feel free to share the one image you would choose - even if it is one of your own

 

[Gary R. Smith]

Not one of mine and to be truthful, HCB never really did much for me.

 

[Gianluca Drago]

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Subjective, I know, but I’m happy to choose it as my favourite. Everything about it is just perfect. Was it a one-off, or did they spend a whole roll trying to get it right? Either way, talk about a decisive moment. And I love the guy looking on through the railings - he makes me think I’m opposite him, also looking through the railing.

Feel free to share the one image you would choose - even if it is one of your own

I am very ignorant when it comes to photographers and photographs that have made history, but definitely this is a great photo that never tires because every time you see it you discover something new. I don't think Cartier-Bresson was naive enough to take improvised photos, I guess there is a study underneath, but I may be wrong.

 

[Brian Moore]

It is certainly a wonderful photo and it is iconic. But it is not the greatest photo ever taken. This is:

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Mar 26, 2024

time to get your poodle groomed. but yea, definitely the best portrait i've seen.

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[Rob MacKillop]

Haha. You might be right, Brian!

 

[Gianluca Drago]

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The greatest photo ever taken? For me this one by Henri Cartier-Brian. At least until tomorrow.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Brian has been very dogged in his search for classic images.

 

[Brian Moore]

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The greatest photo ever taken? For me this one by Henri Cartier-Brian. At least until tomorrow.

Hahaha. Thank you, Gianluca.

 

[Brian Moore]

Brian has been very dogged in his search for classic images.

Woof!

 

[Tim Bradshaw]

There is no greatest photograph: favourite, perhaps.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Yes, I know. Read my first sentence.