Henri Cartier-Bresson Exhibit, at the Art Institute of Chicago

when i was in chicago rolling through town, i made it a point to see this exhibition and boy was it amazing. the tickets were reasonably priced for such a famed photographer.
there are a lot of original prints in this exhibit and the space they created for his photos reflects the same feel that’s in his photos.

An amazing collection of work from a prolific photographer whose work spans not only cities, but continents across the world.
The initial feeling as you walk into the exhibition is one of excitement, as rows and rows of his work consume the walls of the gallery. Familiar, iconic images can be found scattered amidst many other equally defining works. The joy is just really going through them all to find the «decisive moment» in each of his works, but then relishing in the unexpected pieces that you discovered somewhere along the way.
Coming back again for the free Thursday night admission? I’d skip all the other works and make a beeline for Henri’s work and start right there. Because then you can be sure that you leave the AIC without any other regrets before the museum closes its doors for the evening. But I can’t promise what you MAY regret after the doors have closed and you’ve been left to your own devices for the rest of the night that has yet to begun!