A

Seizinganinstantin

flight,HenriCartier-Bresson

hascaughtthefugitiveimageofamanin

mid-air

Amomentlater,whentheman'sfoothitthe

pavement,thepicturewould

havebeenlost,forits

beautyislockedintothetransient

symmetryof

itscomposition.Manyoftheshapesarebalanced

againsttheir

reflectionsinthewaterEventhe

leapinghumanfigureisechoedbythe

imageof

a

dancersilhouettedinthepostertowardtherear

HENRICARTIER-BRESSONPlacede

/'Europe,Pans. 1932