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Henri Cartier-Bresson chose to shoot in black and white for several reasons: 1) The film and printing technology of color photography was immature and imperfect during his career, often producing unsatisfying results. 2) He felt the addition of color added unnecessary complexity that could interfere with capturing the "decisive moment." 3) Black and white provided more abstraction and distance, which he saw as important for his style of photojournalism. However, younger photographers were able to prove col

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Steven Baitz

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