Clearly, humanitarianactionwouldnot be the samewithoutphotography and itspower to sparkinstantemotion, its snapshotof areality that words cannot render.
For the last quarter of a century, Mr Cartier-Bresson eschewed photography, taking only the occasional snapshot of friends and family, and turning his attention to drawing. (He trained originally as a painter, his early work influenced by his friend, the surrealist artist Max Ernst.) He maintained that he scarcely wanted to discuss photography any more.