WEEK 11; KERTESZ AND CARTIER-BRESSON VERSUS SMITH AND SALGADO: COMMENT

"Also, some people might be shy around cameras and not give 100% of themselves and their emotions if they know they're in a photograph, whereas if it's a candid photograph and they didn't know they were in it, their true emotions will show. "

This is such a TRUE statement. The "real" photographs are best captured when it is candid, often people try so hard to be "themselves" in front of a camera that they turn into a completely different person.

The photographers this week both have a different style of showing us the truth. Kertesz and Cartier-Bresson show the truth by letting the moment be, capturing that moment to show the world. As to Smith and Salgado they bring the truth out, of those who may not want to. Personally i prefer the photographs of Smith and Salgado, they want people to interact with them to really get that emotion.