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decisive moment: a standalone construct

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Photography

the instant in which the form and meaning of a scene come together and can be caught in one exposure.

In photography, decisive moment refers to the instant in which the form and meaning of a scene come together and can be caught in one exposure. This meaning comes from Cartier-Bresson (1952) in The decisive moment. Here decisive moment is this specific meaning.[1]

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References

Cartier-Bresson, H. (1952). The decisive moment. Simon and Schuster. Open Library record

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