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Henri Cartier-Bresson
Calle Cuauhtemoctzin, Mexico City
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Introduction
The photograph "Calle Cuauhtemoctzin, Mexico City," realized in 1934, represents one of the absolute pinnacles of Henri Cartier-Bresson's early creative phase. Taken during a period of profound personal and artistic transformation, the image captures two sex workers looking out from two small square windows cut into a rough wooden door, situated in the infamous red-light district of the Mexican capital.
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