Henri Cartier-Bresson - Exam Folder 2

C2 Proficiency · Open Cloze · Objective Proficiency 2nd Edition, Cambridge University Press

For questions 1–8, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only one word in each space.

Henri Cartier-Bresson helped establish photojournalism (0) ___ an art form. He believed that photography (1) ___ capture the meaning of outward appearance and so his camera accompanied him (2) ___ he went in the world. In his twenties, he travelled in Africa, recording his experiences with a 35-millimetre Leica. Its portability and the ease with (3) ___ one could record instantaneous impressions were hugely advantageous. This type of camera was particularly relevant to Cartier-Bresson. It lent (4) ___ not only to spontaneity but to anonymity as well. To such an extent (5) ___ Cartier-Bresson wish to remain a silent, and even unseen, witness, that he covered the bright chromium parts of his camera with black tape to render it less visible. Cartier-Bresson travelled unceasingly, but there was (6) ___ compulsive or hurried about his travels or his photography. One story tells of how Cartier-Bresson was present during the student riots in Paris in 1968. Undeterred (7) ___ the explosive nature of the riots, he continued to take photographs at the (8) ___ of about four per hour.

Henri Cartier-Bresson

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