One of the benefits of the furlough days teachers were given is time. After volunteering in the morning at the SF Labor Council phone bank on November 1, I headed over to SFMOMA. “Henri Cartier-Bresson: the 20th Century” is a wonderful show which captures the three-quarters of twentieth century in black and white photographs. I admire Cartier-Bresson’s courage to not to shy away from war and conflictive areas.
He is know for coining the term “the decisive moment”—that of capturing the specific moment that captures the essence of the event as illustrated by the photograph “Behind the Gare St. Lazare,” which captures a man walking on water. A second before he would have been on the platform; a second later, he would be splashing in the water.
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