Decisive Moment

I'm pretty sure that Henri Cartier-Bresson's photographs were an inspiration for quite a few photographers, and among those is also Elliott Erwitt. It's no surprise then that Erwitt's photos remind sometimes those of Bresson's. 

For example Erwitt's: 

 FRANCE. Paris. 1989. Eiffel tower 100th anniversary.

And 57 years earlier Cartier-Bresson's :

FRANCE. Paris. Place de l'Europe. Gare Saint Lazare. 1932.

For me the top image looks like an improved version of the lower one. Yet still both impress and commit to memory on their own terms. The 1932 shot has a different 'atmosphere'- it's totally spontaneous shot in a [seemingly] random place, whereas later one, although looks like taken on spur of a [lucky] moment, is actually staged- there is another shot where the man jumps from right to left...

Still- I like them all!