... for his abilities in finding moments, catching them on camera and recording that perfect split-second as a moment in history. "The Decisive Moment" is what that ability has come to be called. Having the time to wait for the perfect setting of that unique photograph and capturing it before it has chance to escape is "the decisive moment". The photograph I have chosen to evaluate of Cartier-Bresson is a 1964 portrait of Coco Chanel, from the 'Tete a Tete' collection. I was particularly drawn to this photograph not only because of the fact it was Coco Chanel, but the way in which she is photographed. As I know from some background information on Coco Chanel, her life due to the popularity of her clothes range and other cosmetic brands she was a much photographed woman. Looking at photographs in archives from newspapers and information channels she always looks positioned and 'set' ...

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