The Incisive MomentHenri Cartier-Bresson at work.

Click here to read a slide show essay about the early years of Henri Cartier-Bresson's career. His work is currently on view, along with Martin Munkacsi's, at the International Center for Photography in New York.

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(Note: In 1947, Cartier-Bresson helped found Magnum Photos. Since 2005, Slate and Magnum have jointly produced "Today's Pictures," which appears on Slate.)

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Meghan O'Rourke is Slate's culture critic and the author of Halflife, a collection of poetry.

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