S1 • E7 Oct 15, 2017 56m
Episode 8: Henri Cartier-Bresson + India. In January 1948, a few months after co-founding the photo agency Magnum Photos, Cartier-Bresson traveled to Delhi to meet with the great leader Mahatma Gandhi. It would be one of Gandhi’s final meetings before the leader’s assassination. The resulting photos of Gandhi’s last day of life and the events surrounding his funeral helped catapult Cartier-Bresson to international fame. The country’s culture and people inspired the photographer to go back six more times over the next few decades. What he captured in India are among some of his most inspiring works.
