Originally posted by johnmflores I also heard that Cartier-Bresson sucked at color. I recall a story (from the NY Times, I think) where he berated a friend who had brought some of his color photos to a dinner party. He did not want them seen.
So if Capa had to resort to 'staging' his shots and Cartier-Bresson sucked at color...there's hope for me yet!
Reading
Blood And Champagne, the unauthorised bio of Capa...Cartier Bresson never shot colour.
Capa did it for him.
HCB was approached by some magazine, offering a nice commission, to do some shots for the mag.
Thing was, they
had to be in colour.
HCB couldn't be bothered with it, but wanted the money, so he struck a deal with Capa. Capa'd take the shots, and HCB'd give him some of the money.
Capa shot colour, HCB put his name on 'em, and the magazine sold out because everyone wanted to see these rare "Cartier-Bresson" colour shots...