Juvisy, France

Henri Cartier-Bresson's photograph "Juvisy, France" was taken in 1938, and printed in 1947. I really like this photograph because it is very good quality for the time period. You can also see that Henri is able to capture a sense of realism. Everyone in the photograph is looking out at sea with the exception of the man pouring a glass of wine. This gives you a sense that these people were acting natural, and not posing for this picture. Since this is such an old photograph, and because it is black and white you can't actually see what the weather is like. Is it sunny? Is it cloudy? But Cartier-Bresson is able to make you see from this photograph. The five people in the photograph are sitting down and appear to be comfortable. The man pouring the glass of wine has a hat on which would make you think it must be a nice day outside. The older gentleman in front of him has a t-shirt on, and a hat as well. The woman on the right has a tank-top on which reveals that it must be very hot outside. Now if you look at the boat you can see the shadow of the boat is not very oblong. So it must be around mid-day when Henri took this photograph. He did an amazing job of taking this photograph because you can almost tell that the sun is in front of him, and giving him the right amount of light for the picture.