Henri Cartier-Bresson’s most recognisable image and one of the most famous photographs ever taken, Behind the Gare Saint-Lazare is one of his earliest images made with a handheld Leica, a small 35mm camera that allows rapid photography. Outside the train station in Paris, Cartier-Bresson saw the reflection in a large puddle and waited for the right passerby. The result is full of surrealist touches: the doubled image, the pun on the word “rail” in the poster, and the leaping figure in the poster echoing the ordinary man.
The image became iconic of his style that attempted to capture the decisive moment in photography. The photograph was considered one of the 100 most influential pictures of all time by Time magazine.

Taken in 1932, this superb photograph looks like a rich platinum print with warm tones and a fantastic tonal range.

A genuine vintage photogravure, printed in Paris in 1963. Archivally mounted on 100% acid-free board and in a black 11"x14" wooden frame.