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Authors, works and languages of the image

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Picnic on the Banks of the Marne, 1938

"Picnic on the Banks of the Marne", 1938. © Henri Cartier-Bresson / Magnum Photos.

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Introduction

This iconic image is not merely a superb demonstration of formal composition, but it represents a sociological document of inestimable value, capable of crystallizing a momentous shift in the social structure of pre-war France.

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